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America may be unique in being a country which has leapt from barbarism to decadence without touching civilization.
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
Historically, if you look at great civilizations, why do they crumble? Is it because of what's outside or because of something internal? It's always internal. It is.
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet.
Patriotism is an indispensable weapon in the defense of civilization against barbarism.
The only obligation to which in advance we may hold a novel, without incurring the accusation of being arbitrary, is that it be interesting.
There's a lot of America that's Christian. I would not describe us, though, on the whole, as a Christian nation.
A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.