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I don't say that the West is united, I don't suggest that.
Samuel P. Huntington
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Samuel P. Huntington
Age: 81 †
Born: 1927
Born: April 18
Died: 2008
Died: December 24
Economist
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New York City
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Except under rare circumstances, I don't write responses to criticism.
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