Radicalism usually prospers in the gap between rising expectations and declining opportunities. This is especially true where the population is young, idle, and bored; where the art is impoverished; where entertainment—movies, theater, music—is policed or absent altogether; and where young men are set apart from the consoling and socializing presence of women.


The Looming Tower (ed. Vintage, 2006) - ISBN: 9780307266088

Lawrence Wright Quotes

Radicalism usually prospers in the gap between rising expectations and declining opportunities. This is especially true where the population is...

Radicalism usually prospers in the gap between rising expectations and declining opportunities. This is especially true where the population is...

Radicalism usually prospers in the gap between rising expectations and declining opportunities. This is especially true where the population is...

Radicalism usually prospers in the gap between rising expectations and declining opportunities. This is especially true where the population is...