Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
Fascism and communism have not entirely disappeared but have been sidelined certainly, and liberal democracy has come to be accepted, in theory at least, around the world, if not always in practice.
Samuel P. Huntington
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
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
Theory
Sidelined
Democracy
Disappeared
Least
Fascism
Practice
Communism
Around
Liberal
Come
Entirely
Always
Accepted
World
Certainly
More quotes by Samuel P. Huntington
Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.
Samuel P. Huntington
People have multiple identities.
Samuel P. Huntington
The relations between countries in the coming decade are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries.
Samuel P. Huntington
The U.S. has and still is cooperating with various military dictatorships around the world. Obviously we would prefer to see them democratized, but we are doing it because we have national interests, whether it's working with Pakistan on Afghanistan or whatever.
Samuel P. Huntington
When you have increased migration of peoples and ethnic and religious minorities, you develop a set of rules and language the larger society can accept and the minority community can accept.
Samuel P. Huntington
I think fundamentalism is this radical attitude toward one's own identity and civilization as compared to other people's identities and cultures.
Samuel P. Huntington
When you mention the word ideology, everyone has communism in the back of their minds, which was an entirely well formulated ideology and statement of belief. You read the Communist Manifesto and you know what the core of it is.
Samuel P. Huntington
Many of the most difficult questions concerning the role of ethnic minorities centers on language.
Samuel P. Huntington
Certainly there are various trans-Islamic political movements, which try to appeal to Muslims in all societies.
Samuel P. Huntington
U.S. foreign policy is in every area impacted by ethnic groups of one sort or another as well as economic groups and regional groups.
Samuel P. Huntington
It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.
Samuel P. Huntington
Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
Samuel P. Huntington
The basis of association and antagonism among countries has changed over time.
Samuel P. Huntington
Islam's borders are bloody and so are its innards. The fundamental problem for the West is not Islamic fundamentalism. It is Islam, a different civilisation whose people are convinced of the superiority of their culture and are obsessed with the inferiority of their power.
Samuel P. Huntington
I don't think that the Israeli lobby is unique. It may differ from the others in the extent by which it is focused on just one issue, which is the survival of Israel, which is understandable, and promoting Israeli development and aid to Israel, and so forth and so on.
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.
Samuel P. Huntington
The larger society has to recognize some degree of autonomy for the minority: the right to practice their own religion and way of life and to some extent their language.
Samuel P. Huntington
In the coming decades, questions of identity, meaning cultural heritage, language, and religion will play a central role in politics.
Samuel P. Huntington
Global politics remains extremely complex and countries have different interests, which will also lead them to make what might seem as rather bizarre friends and allies.
Samuel P. Huntington
The question really is what will be the central focus of global politics in the coming decades and my argument is that cultural identities and cultural antagonisms and affiliations will play not the only role but a major role.
Samuel P. Huntington
