Born Quote by Victor Davis Hanson Download Open image “I'm kind of old-fashioned because I was born and live in the same house for six generations.” — Victor Davis Hanson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Born Generations House Kind Old fashioned Six
I wish I could attribute the absence of any conventional Arab offensive in the last 20 years to a change of political climate or a willingness to abide by past accords. But unfortunately it is more likely that the Egyptians or Syrians concluded that the next time their tanks headed to Tel Aviv, there was nothing stopping the counterassaults from… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share
Offering 'comprehensive' reform usually means years of arguing and horse-trading among pressure groups to get anything done. By the time all the special interests are appeased or bought off, the resulting elephantine legislation typically looks nothing like what was intended. In short, big-government medicine usually doesn't work on big-government sickness. If President Obama wants 'comprehensive' change, it would be better… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share
Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
I see a continuation of the populist outrage that prompted the Brexit and sparked the Bernie Sanders campaign. — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking. — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
“Nicholas Monsarrat’s epic postwar novel of the Battle of the Atlantic, The Cruel Sea, is a quite different, nightmarish elemental story of men at… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
The wisdom and spirit of Churchill not only saved Britain from the Third Reich but saved Western civilization from a Nazi Dark Ages when… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
For all the criticism about warlords, it is now likely that Afghanistan will never again be turned over to al Qaeda to train thousands to conduct the type of murder we saw on September 11. For all real problems with ambushes and sabotage, there will be no more gassings, mass murdering, invading neighbors, sending guided missiles across borders or no-fly… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share
The columnist like myself or people at Stanford University don't wake up in the morning and see their job outsourced. Yet we promote free… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
A country that cannot count its own illegal aliens - estimates range from 8-12 million - with a porous 2,000 mile border is not secure despite twelve carrier battle groups. We must accept that it is a cornerstone of Mexican foreign policy to export illegally each year a million of its own to the United States to avoid needed reform… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share
“Japan would live and die by the race card—defining (and demonizing) America as “white” and thus Japan as a kindred but clearly superior “yellow”… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
The gradual decline of a society is often a self-induced process of trying to meet ever-expanding appetites, rather than a physical inability to produce… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
My mother says I didn't open my eyes for eight days after I was born, but when I did, the first thing I saw… — Elizabeth Taylor Copy Share Image
I always thought if I was born 2000 years earlier, I would be a monk, probably carving a monastery or some giant pantheon buildings. — Jenova Chen Copy Share Image
The real world out there isn't nearly as nice as some people prefer it to be, so don't swallow everything your high-born teachers tell… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Anybody looking for a quiet life has picked the wrong century to born in. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was born and raised in Orlando, where the economy and culture has been powerfully shaped by tourism, and so I've long been interested… — Laura van den Berg Copy Share Image
I know that in the rap game you've got a lot of people, that come from poverty, was born in poverty and if it… — Jon Connor Copy Share Image
Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
I have lifted my plane . . . for perhaps a thousand flights and I have never felt her wheels glide from the Earth… — Beryl Markham Copy Share Image
If there is any period one would desire to be born in, is it not the age of Revolution; when the old and the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Must I go bound while you go free Must I love a manwho doesn't love me Must I be born with so little art… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I'm not against gay people. I have a relative who is also gay. We can't help it if they were born that way. — Manny Pacquiao Copy Share Image
For the glory born of Goodness Never dies, And its flag is not half-masted In the skies. — Bret Harte Copy Share Image