Accepting Quote by Samuel P. Huntington

“We really only came around to accepting and integrating the propositional dimension of identity into a concept of ourselves at the time of the American Revolution.”

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

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

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

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

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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…

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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…

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

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

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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…

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

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From Augustine down, theologians have tried to compel people to accept their special interpretation of the Scripture, and the tortures of the inquisition, the…

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Laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing! It is the jester! A voice from the Void, to cheer poor Cicero! I accept your gift, dearest Night Mother.…

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This duo inside of me causes the perfect opportunity to live and learn twice as fast as those who choose to accept simplicity.

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There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does,…

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We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if…

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Don't be bitter. Everybody suffers. If you can accept your suffering then you will understand other people better. Be grateful for pain. Love life.

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It takes an unusually philosophic mind to accept that all one’s suffering might be to no end, really, in the larger scheme of things.

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No nation being under another nation can accept gifts, and kick at the responsibility attached to those gifts, imposed by the conquering nation.

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Even with clothing naked animals, there were people who wanted to send in money. A woman in Santa Barbara, California, sent a $40,000 check.…

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Society understands the architecture of academia and knows there are relevant qualifications in different fields, and the media accepts the idea of specialisations and…

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