“If all our political and intellectual elite offers by way of a national culture is "pop music, gambling, fashionable clothes or television," then we can neither mount a convincing intellectual defense against our enemies, nor hope to integrate intelligent, inquiring, and unfulfilled Muslim youths young men principally, of course to our way of life.” IfsMenWayYoungPoliticalCultureCoursesEnemyYouthTelevisionOffersClothesIntellectualIntelligentPopsDefenseYoung ManGamblingElitesConvincingFashionablePop MusicIntegratingInquiringNational CultureFashionable Clothes Author:Anthony Daniels
“The intensity of a national culture should be represented by... the general education level and... the exceptional merit of a small elite of pioneers.” ShouldCultureLevelsMeritIntensityElitesExceptionalPioneersGeneral EducationNational Culture Book:Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C. Source: Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.
“While [European] national cultures were concocted to distinguish one economic unit of capital from another, civilizational thinking was invented to unify these cultures against their colonial consequences. Islamic, Indian, or African civilizations were invented contrapuntally by Orientalism... in order to match, balance and thus authenticate 'Western Civilization'.” ThinkingOrderCultureEconomicBalanceCivilizationConsequenceWesternIndianIslamicUnitsWestern CivilizationOrientalismNational Culture Author:Hamid Dabashi
“We make our own criminals, and their crimes are congruent with the national culture we all share. It has been said that a people get the kind of political leadership they deserve. I think they also get the kinds of crime and criminals they themselves bring into being.” PeopleThinkingKindHas BeensSaidPoliticalCultureShareCrimeDeserveCriminalsPolitical LeadershipCrime And CriminalsNational Culture Book:Aspects of the Present Source: Aspects of the Present