Samuel P. Huntington

Mexican immigration poses challenges to our policies and to our identity in a way nothing else has in the past. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

#else #identity #immigration #in the past #mexican

Partial truths or half-truths are often more insidious than total falsehoods. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

#insidious #more #often #partial #than

Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

#mexico #our #regard #relationship #respects

The great problem there is we have to have the cooperation of those other Asian countries. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

#asian countries #cooperation #countries #great #other

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

#american #aspect #assumed #certainly #concept

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

#centuries #certainly #close #couple #evolved

They weren't immigrating to some existing society; indeed, they often did whatever they could do to destroy whatever existed here in the way of Indian society. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

#destroy #did #existed #existing #here

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

— Samuel P. Huntington

#american people #biologically #half #immigrant #literally

Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their claims. Hence, they are less likely to be accepted as the total truth. ↗

— Samuel P. Huntington

#citing #claims #easily #exceptions #exposed

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

— Samuel P. Huntington

#ethnic #largely #ourselves #racial #terms