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.

Quote by Samuel P Huntington

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

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

And the big question for the West, of course, and to the Europeans is, what...

And the big question for the West, of course, and to the Europeans is, what...

Mexican immigration poses challenges to our policies and to our identity in a way nothing...

Mexican immigration poses challenges to our policies and to our identity in a way nothing...

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization...

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization...

Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their...

Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their...

I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by...

I think clearly the United States, as well as other western nations, should stand by...

First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants.

First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants.

Much of what we now consider to be problems concerning immigration and assimilation really concern...

Much of what we now consider to be problems concerning immigration and assimilation really concern...

Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a...

Also, of course, for most of this time most Americans thought of America as a...

Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to...

Finally, in my critique of the immigration image of America, it is also important to...

They weren't immigrating to some existing society; indeed, they often did whatever they could do...

They weren't immigrating to some existing society; indeed, they often did whatever they could do...

Immigrants are people who leave one country, one society, and move to another society. But...

Immigrants are people who leave one country, one society, and move to another society. But...

But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration...

But then I came to the conclusion that no, while there may be an immigration...

Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.

Thus, biologically speaking the American people are literally only half an immigrant people.

The West hasn't reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but...

The West hasn't reached its universal state as yet, although its close to it, but...

And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share...

And so in terms of territorial control, in terms of economic preeminence, the western share...

In 1920, the West ruled huge amounts of the world.

In 1920, the West ruled huge amounts of the world.

The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as...

The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as...

The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have...

The British were white, English, and Protestant, just as we were. They had to have...

We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms.

We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms.