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Victory may now require a level of force deemed objectionable by civilized peoples, meaning that some, for justifiable reasons, may be reluctant to pursue it. But victory has not become an ossified concept altogether.

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Athens' biggest worry was the sheer recklessness of its own democratic government. A simple majority of the citizenry, urged on and incensed by clever demagogues, might capriciously send out military forces in unnecessary and exhausting adventures.

Victor Davis Hanson

Apologizing for our past sins may reveal character and for a time lessen anti-Americanism abroad, but if it is done without acknowledging that the sins of America are the sins of mankind, and that our remedies are so often exceptional, then it only earns transitory applause—and a more lasting contempt that we ourselves do not believe in the values we profess.

Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson

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Born: September 5, 1953 (age 72)

Bio: Victor Davis Hanson is an American military historian, columnist, former classics professor, and scholar of ancient agrarian and military history.

Known for:

Carnage and culture (2001)
Mexifornia: A State of Becoming (2003)
A War Like No Other (2005)
The Western Way of War (1989)

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