Neocons Do Not Feel That Kind Of Alarm Or Anxiety About The Growth Of The State In The Past Century, Seeing It As Natural, Indeed Inevitable ... People Have Always Preferred Strong Government To Weak Government, Although They Certainly Have No Liking For Anything That Smacks Of Overly Intrusive Government.

-Irving Kristol

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Neocons Do Not Feel That Kind Of

Irving Kristol

Neocons Do Not Feel That Kind Of Alarm Or Anxiety About The Growth Of The State In The Past Century, Seeing It As Natural, Indeed Inevitable ... People Have Always Preferred Strong Government To Weak Government, Although They Certainly Have No Liking For Anything That Smacks Of Overly Intrusive Government.

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In Comparison To The French Revolution, The American Revolution Has Come To Seem A Parochial And Rather Dull Event. This, Despitethe Fact That The American Revolution Was Successful--realizing The Purposes Of The Revolutionaries And Establishing A Durable Political Regime--while The French Revolution Was A Resounding Failure, Devouring Its Own Children And Leading To An Imperial Despotism, Followed By An Eventual Restoration Of The Monarchy.

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