"The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion [â€¦] but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do."

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Source : Samuel P. Huntington (1997). “The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order”, p.51, Penguin Books India

Samuel P. Huntington

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“No one ever comes back from Vietnam. Not really.”
“When you descant on the faults of others, consider whether you be not guilty of the same. To gain knowledge of ourselves, the best way is to convert the imperfections of others into a mirror for discovering our own.”

Source : Henry HOME (Lord Kames.) (1775). “Introduction to the art of thinking. Third edition. Enlarged with additional maxims and illustrations. [By Henry Home, Lord Kames.]”, p.64
“No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it's cherished.”
“The significance of a basic medium to its civilization is difficult to appraise since the means of appraisal are influenced by the media, and indeed the fact of appraisal appears to be peculiar to certain types of media. A change in the type of medium implies a change in the type of appraisal and hence makes it difficult for one civilization to understand another.”

Source : Harold Adams Innis (2007). “Empire and Communications”, p.29, Rowman & Littlefield
“No One Is Alone by Stephen Sondheim is all about thinking for yourself and being your own person.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“It can even come about that a created will cancels out, not perhaps the exertion, but the result of divine action; for in this sense, God himself has told us that God wishes things which do not happen because man does not wish them! Thus the rights of men are immense, and his greatest misfortune is to be unaware of them.”
“I believe that incentivized prizing is the best solution to help unlock the answers to the some of the profound problems that plague our planet.”
“Liberals have always been the most fervent Imperialists.”

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