15 Quotes by Samuel Huntington

Back then that was pretty clear, and there were great pressures, and a certain amount of coercion, to ensure that immigrants did assimilate to the Anglo-Protestant culture, work ethnic, and the principles of the American Creed.

They were establishing new societies, in some cases for commercial reasons, in more cases for religious reasons.

A partial truth, on the other hand, is plausible, because there is evidence to support it. And hence, it is easy to assume that it is the total truth.

Before that we had thought of ourselves in large part as being defined religiously: 98 percent of Americans were Protestant.

The founding fathers added the propositional dimension to American identity at the time of the Revolution. How else were they going to justify themselves in rebelling against the British monarchy?

And Asian societies and Muslim societies are increasingly resentful of our efforts to induce them to adopt our values.