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States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking.
- Victor Davis Hanson
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Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived self-interest.
- Victor Davis Hanson
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This bloody past suggests to us that enemies cease hostilities only when they are battered enough to acknowledge that there is no hope in victory - and thus that further resistance means only useless sacrifice.
- Victor Davis Hanson
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War seems to come out of nowhere, like rust that suddenly pops up on iron after a storm.
- Victor Davis Hanson
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Americans spend more money on Botox, face lifts and tummy tucks than on the age-old scourges of polio, small pox and malaria.
- Victor Davis Hanson
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The gradual decline of a society is often a self-induced process of trying to meet ever-expanding appetites, rather than a physical inability to produce past levels of food and fuel, or to maintain adequate defense.
- Victor Davis Hanson
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Popular culture is simply a reflection of what the majority seems to want.
- Victor Davis Hanson
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