Victor Davis Hanson

“History is a guide to navigation in perilous times.”

“War is a terrible thing. But it's not the most terrible thing.”

“Westernization is not a new and cynical imposition... It is an old and honorable tradition, going back to the Greeks, of learning from others.”

“The world is a far more dangerous place in the absence of American leadership.”

“Socialism has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.”

“The arc of history is long, but it bends towards chaos.”

“Envy is the great leveling emotion.”

“The problem is not that we have too many immigrants, but that we have too many who are not assimilating.”

“The university is becoming a place where you are not supposed to say certain things.”

“We have this idea that we can have a prosperity without any sacrifice.”

“History is not a morality play. It's a tragedy.”

“A generation that has grown up with instant gratification is not well-suited to the patient work of diplomacy.”

“The agrarian ideal is the idea that you can be independent and self-reliant on your own land.”

“The Left has a new religion; it is called climate change.”

“The great paradox of the 21st century is that we are more connected than ever before, but also more isolated.”

“Diversity is not a strength if it's not accompanied by assimilation.”

“In the end, what you have is your character.”