"Apologizing for our past sins may reveal character……" — Victor Davis Hanson
"Apologizing for our past sins may reveal character and for a time lessen anti-Americanism abroad, but if it is done without acknowledging that the sins of America are the sins of mankind, and that our remedies are so often exceptional, then it only earns transitory applause—and a more lasting contempt that we ourselves do not believe in the values we profess."
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44 Quotes by Victor Davis Hanson
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Can-do Americans courageously go about their duty in Iraq - mostly unafraid that a culture of 2,000 years, the reality…
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Multiculturalism is a good reminder that when standards are relative, there are no standards at all.
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Taking on all at once Germany, Japan, and Italy - diverse enemies all - did not require the weeding out…
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The American people are not naifs who yearn for isolationism, but they are starting to ask some hard questions about…
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The United States military is now evolving geometrically as it gains experience from near-constant fighting and grafts new technology daily.…
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I wish I could attribute the absence of any conventional Arab offensive in the last 20 years to a change…
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Victory may now require a level of force deemed objectionable by civilized peoples, meaning that some, for justifiable reasons, may…
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In Iraq #1 we stayed within U.N. mandates, limited our response, went home after Kuwait was freed - and were…
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