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• In the 19th century it was basically nationality and people trying to define their nationalism and create states which would reflect their nationalism. In the 20th century, ideology came to the fore, largely, but not exclusively, as a result of the Russian Revolution and we have fascism, communism and liberal democracy competing with each other. Well that's pretty much over.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  People, Democracy, Trying

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• The most widely discussed formulation of [the One World model] was the "end of history" thesis advanced by Francis Fukuyama. "We may be witnessing," Fukuyama argued, "the end of history as such: that is, the end point of mankind's ideological evolution and the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government." The future will be devoted not to great exhilarating struggles over ideas but rather to resolving mundane economic and technical problems. And, he concluded rather sadly, it will all be rather boring.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Struggle, Government, Ideas

  "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order". Book by Samuel P. Huntington. Chapter 1: "The New Era in World Politics," § 3: "Other Worlds?," p. 31, 1996.

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• Hispanics speak Spanish or Portuguese, which are languages we Americans are familiar with, so it doesn't seem to pose the same types of problems as Arabic-speaking Muslims do in Europe.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Europe, Language, Problem

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• Two significant developments in the past several decades have been the collapse of communism as an ideology and the general acceptance, in rhetoric, if not practice, of liberal democracy.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Acceptance, Past, Practice

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• A lot of people tend to think I'm a dogmatic ideologue, which I'm not.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Thinking, People, Ideologues

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China?

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Country, Japan, Europe

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• I wouldn't rule out the possibility of Muslim or at least Arab countries developing some form of organization comparable to the European Union. I don't think that's very likely, but it conceivably could happen.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Country, Thinking, Organization

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• Countries will cooperate with each other, and are more likely to cooperate with each other when they share a common culture, as is most dramatically illustrated in the European Union. But other groupings of countries are emerging in East Asia and in South America. Basically, as I said, these politics will be oriented around, in large part, cultural similarities and cultural antagonism.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Country, America, East

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• When I think of countries that I enjoyed visiting, that I would want to go back to, Italy would be one, Japan would be another. I've only been to Indonesia once or twice and it seems like such a fascinating country. I guess India certainly.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Country, Thinking, Japan

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• 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

  Unique, Thinking, Israel

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• Turkey has its own interests and historically, Turkey conquered most of the Arab world, and the Arabs had to fight wars of liberation to free themselves from the Turks. That's in the past and that doesn't necessarily shape what is going on but it's there and it's there in people's memories.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Memories, War, Fighting

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• There will be associations and partnerships between some Muslim countries and some Christian countries. Those already exist. And they may shift as different regimes come and go and interests change.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Christian, Country, Different

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• Civilizations evolve over time, and most scholars of civilization, including people like Carol Quigley, argue that they go through periods of warring states, and eventually evolve into a universal state.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Civilization, People, Arguing

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• Iran of course is Shiite, while the bulk of the Arabs are Sunni, that is a problem or could be a problem. Also, there is the simple fact that Iran is non-Arab and most of the Muslims in the Middle East are Arab.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Simple, Iran, Middle East

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• I am doubtful that there will be any sort of real coherence of Muslim societies into a single political system run by an elected or non-elected group of leaders.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Running, Real, Leader

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• Collective will supplants individual whim

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Individual, Whim, Collectives

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• We really only came around to accepting and integrating the propositional dimension of identity into a concept of ourselves at the time of the American Revolution.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Identity, Revolution, Dimensions

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• I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by their commitments to human rights and democracy and should try to influence other countries to move in that direction.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Country, Moving, Commitment

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• Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Thinking, Usa, United States

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• I think in theory, the United States finds it much easier to deal with situations where there is a leading country. You can go to the leaders of that country and say, for example, to India, "There are all these problems in Bangladesh, we really have to do something about it, what do you suggest we can do to work out a common policy?" But when you don't have the equivalent of India, you have to go capital to capital trying to put together a coalition, which is extraordinarily difficult, especially in the Arab world, because of the historic rivalries and branches of Islam.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Country, Thinking, Work Out

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• I don't know what will happen 100 years from now.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Years, Happens, Knows

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• 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

  Practice, Degrees, Minorities

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• Many of the most difficult questions concerning the role of ethnic minorities centers on language.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Difficult Questions, Roles, Minorities

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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• I don't say that the West is united, I don't suggest that.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  West, United

  Interview With Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. June 17, 2012.

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• Except under rare circumstances, I don't write responses to criticism.

  Samuel P. Huntington

  Writing, Criticism, Circumstances

  Interview with Amina Chaudary, www.theislamicmonthly.com. 2006.

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