Samuel P. Huntington

Countries will cooperate with each other, and are more likely to cooperate with each other when they share a common culture, as…

— Samuel P. Huntington

“The prevalence of anti-patriotic attitudes among liberal intellectuals led some of them to warn their fellow liberals of the consequences of such…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a…

— Samuel P. Huntington

These transnationalists have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing, and see national governments as…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Civilizations evolve over time, and most scholars of civilization, including people like Carol Quigley, argue that they go through periods of warring…

— Samuel P. Huntington

First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants.

— Samuel P. Huntington

Hispanics speak Spanish or Portuguese, which are languages we Americans are familiar with, so it doesn't seem to pose the same types…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Israel has military capabilities including nuclear weapons, far surpassing any other power in the Middle East, but it's a small country. The…

— Samuel P. Huntington

America doesn't border on Muslim countries. European countries do and that seems to be a fundamental difference.

— Samuel P. Huntington

Except under rare circumstances, I don't write responses to criticism.

— Samuel P. Huntington

Religiosity distinguishes America from most other Western societies. Americans are also overwhelmingly Christian, which distinguishes them from many non-Western peoples. Their religiosity…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Both sides are divided and Western countries collaborate with Muslim countries and vice versa.

— Samuel P. Huntington

Some Westerners […] have argued that the West does not have problems with Islam but only with violent Islamist extremists. Fourteen hundred…

— Samuel P. Huntington

What are the prospects for an Arab state serving a leading role comparable to the role that other states place in other…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Obviously there are divisions within the West and divisions within Islam - there are different sects, different communities, different countries. So neither…

— Samuel P. Huntington

“Arabs and other Muslims generally agreed that Saddam Hussein might be a bloody tyrant, but, paralleling FDR's thinking, "he is our bloody…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Quite obviously power will continue to play a central role in global politics as it always does. But usually there is something…

— Samuel P. Huntington

Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.

— Samuel P. Huntington

It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in.…

— Samuel P. Huntington

We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms.

— Samuel P. Huntington

“Historically, American liberals have been idealists, pressing forward toward the goals of greater freedom, social equality, and more meaningful democracy. The articulate…

— Samuel P. Huntington

The question really is what will be the central focus of global politics in the coming decades and my argument is that…

— Samuel P. Huntington

I think we can expect leaders of Muslim societies to cooperate with each other on many issues just as Western societies cooperate…

— Samuel P. Huntington

People have multiple identities.

— Samuel P. Huntington

Fundamentalist tendencies and movements existed, so far as I know, in all societies and civilizations.

— Samuel P. Huntington