"Critics say that America is a lie because……" — Samuel P. Huntington
"Critics say that America is a lie because its reality falls so far short of its ideals. They are wrong. America is not a lie; it is a disappointment. But it can be a disappointment only because it is also a hope."
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40 Quotes by Samuel P. Huntington
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Power remains strong when it remains in the dark; exposed to the sunlight it begins to evaporate.
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The argument now that the spread of pop culture and consumer goods around the world represents the triumph of Western…
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These transnationalists have little need for national loyalty, view national boundaries as obstacles that thankfully are vanishing, and see national…
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