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Collective will supplants individual whim

Samuel P. Huntington

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Samuel P. Huntington
Age: 81 †
Born: 1927
Born: April 18
Died: 2008
Died: December 24
Economist
Geopolitician
Philosopher
Political Scientist
Sociologist
University Teacher
Writer
New York City
New York
Samuel Phillips Huntington
Samuel Huntington
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The core of the American set of beliefs has remained pretty constant.
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I don't say that the West is united, I don't suggest that.
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