“Becoming a modern society is about industrialization, urbanization, and rising levels of literacy, education, and wealth. The qualities that make a society Western, in contrast, are special: the classical legacy, Christianity, the separation of church and state, the rule of… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Countries will cooperate with each other, and are more likely to cooperate with each other when they share a common culture, as is most… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
“The prevalence of anti-patriotic attitudes among liberal intellectuals led some of them to warn their fellow liberals of the consequences of such attitudes for… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
These transnationalists have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing, and see national governments as residues from… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Civilizations evolve over time, and most scholars of civilization, including people like Carol Quigley, argue that they go through periods of warring states, and… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Hispanics speak Spanish or Portuguese, which are languages we Americans are familiar with, so it doesn't seem to pose the same types of problems… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Israel has military capabilities including nuclear weapons, far surpassing any other power in the Middle East, but it's a small country. The rest of… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
America doesn't border on Muslim countries. European countries do and that seems to be a fundamental difference. — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Except under rare circumstances, I don't write responses to criticism. — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Religiosity distinguishes America from most other Western societies. Americans are also overwhelmingly Christian, which distinguishes them from many non-Western peoples. Their religiosity leads Americans… — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
Both sides are divided and Western countries collaborate with Muslim countries and vice versa. — Samuel P. Huntington Copy Share Image
