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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
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Samuel P. Huntington
Age: 81 †
Born: 1927
Born: April 18
Died: 2008
Died: December 24
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New York City
New York
Samuel Phillips Huntington
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Except under rare circumstances, I don't write responses to criticism.
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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.
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