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Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a white country with, at best, only a very segregated and subordinate role for blacks.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
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America
American
Best
Blacks
Country
Course
Most
Only
Role
Segregated
Subordinate
Thought
Time
Very
White
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And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share of the gross world product is declining as Asian societies in particular develop economically.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Asian
Control
Declining
Develop
Economic
Economically
Gross
Particular
Product
Share
Societies
Terms
Territorial
Western
World
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And the big question for the West, of course, and to the Europeans is, what other countries, which were formerly part of the Soviet bloc, should be incorporated into western institutions?
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Big
Big Question
Countries
Course
Europeans
Incorporated
Institutions
Other
Other Countries
Part
Question
Should
Soviet
Were
West
Western
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But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration problem, it isn't really a serious problem. The really serious problem is assimilation.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Assimilation
Came
Conclusion
I Came
Immigration
May
Problem
Really
Serious
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While
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Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to know that we're not only a nation of immigrants, but we are in some part a nation of emigrants, which often gets neglected.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Also
America
Critique
Finally
Gets
Image
Immigrants
Immigration
Important
Know
Nation
Neglected
Often
Only
Part
Some
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First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Always
First
First Of All
Immigrants
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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
Clearly
Commitments
Countries
Democracy
Direction
Human
I Think
Influence
Move
Nations
Other
Other Countries
Rights
Should
Stand
States
Think
Try
United
United States
Well
Western
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Immigrants are people who leave one country, one society, and move to another society. But there has to be a recipient society to which the immigrants move.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Another
Country
Immigrants
Leave
Move
One Country
People
Recipient
Society
Which
Who
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In 1920, the West ruled huge amounts of the world.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Amount
Huge
Huge Amounts
Ruled
West
World
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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
Asian
Asian Countries
Because
Britain
China
Contain
Countries
Europe
France
Germany
Japan
Join
One Thing
Other
Soviet
Soviet Union
Thing
Union
Were
Will
Willing
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It was this society and culture that among other things - including economic opportunities here and repression in Europe - attracted subsequent generations of immigrants to this country.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
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Attracted
Country
Culture
Economic
Economic Opportunities
Europe
Generations
Here
Immigrants
Including
Opportunities
Other
Repression
Society
Subsequent
Things
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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.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Century
Certainly
Civilization
Decline
Dominant
Long
Long Time
Next
Remain
Take
Time
Well
West
Will
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Mexican immigration poses challenges to our policies and to our identity in a way nothing else has in the past.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Challenges
Else
Identity
Immigration
In The Past
Mexican
Nothing
Our
Past
Policies
Poses
Way
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Much of what we now consider to be problems concerning immigration and assimilation really concern Mexican immigration and assimilation.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Assimilation
Concern
Concerning
Consider
Immigration
Mexican
Much
Now
Problems
Really
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Many
Many Respects
Mexico
Our
Regard
Relationship
Respects
Unique
Us
World
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Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Insidious
More
Often
Partial
Than
Total
Truths
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The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have some other basis on which to justify independence, and happily they were able to formulate the inalienable truths set forth in the Declaration.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Able
Basis
British
Declaration
English
Formulate
Forth
Had
Happily
Inalienable
Independence
Just
Justify
Other
Protestant
Set
Some
Truths
Were
Which
White
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The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Asian
Asian Countries
Cooperation
Countries
Great
Other
Problem
Those
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
America
American
American Identity
Aspect
Assumed
Certainly
Concept
Focusing
Identity
Immigrants
Nation
Often
Other
Partial
Total
Truth
Worth
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The West hasn't reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but it certainly has evolved out of its warring state phase, which it was in for a couple of centuries.
~ Samuel P. Huntington
Although
Centuries
Certainly
Close
Couple
Evolved
Out
Phase
Reached
State
Universal
West
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Samuel P. Huntington
Profession
Sociologist
BirthDate
18 April, 1927
DeathDate
24 December, 2008
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United States
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