48 Max Boot Quotes for You to Enjoy

Max Boot

American Author

Born: Sep 12, 1969

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Hillary Clinton is a centrist Democrat who is more hawkish than President Obama and far more principled and knowledgeable about foreign affairs than Trump, who is too unstable and erratic to be entrusted with the nuclear triad he has never heard of. Max Boot

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I yearn for intellectual sustenance on vacation but want, of course, to avoid tedium or boredom. I want to read something that will entertain me but also help me appreciate what I am seeing. Max Boot

I don't know if I can ever change the world, but at least I can change the oil in my car. Max Boot

Change World Car Change The World I Can Know Least Oil Ever

In the 16th and 17th centuries, as many as 60,000 people were executed in Europe as suspected witches. But it would be nice to think that centuries of advances in science and education have made people less prey to phantasms and falsehoods. Max Boot

Even being too good at teaching is risky at research universities; the joke is that a 'teacher of the year' award is the kiss of death for non-tenured professors. Max Boot

Death Teacher Good Kiss Joke Year Research Too Risky Being Teaching Research Universities Even Award Professors Universities

I have not given up my faith in democracy - it remains the worst form of government except for all the others - but I have given up my youthful expectation that it would inevitably triumph. Max Boot

Faith Government Democracy Expectation Others Worst Would Triumph Given Except Remains Inevitably Up Form Youthful

The history of the modern Republican Party is the story of moderates being driven out and conservatives taking over - and then of those conservatives in turn being ousted by those even further to the right. Max Boot

There is a small group of 'Never Trump' conservatives. But it is a small group, and I've actually been surprised that there are not more of us. There's enough of us for a dinner party, not a political party. I wish there were more. Max Boot

Mexico attacked United States troops in 1846 because they had moved into disputed border territory; President James Polk used this as a convenient casus belli, but he was preparing a war message for Congress even before the attack. Max Boot

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We have a long, ugly history of white supremacy in this country, ranging from Jim Crow laws to keep African Americans down to the 1924 Immigration Act to keep non-Europeans out. Max Boot

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Protests are the very essence of America! It is a country founded in protest. Max Boot

Country Protest Protests Very America Essence Founded

Americans are in vital need of the instruction that historians can provide. Max Boot

Vital Instruction Provide Historians American Need

Neoconservatism' once had a real meaning - back in the 1970s. But the label has now become meaningless. With many of those who are described as neocons, including me, fleeing the Trumpified right, the term's sell-by date has passed. Max Boot

Even getting a college degree does not guarantee a minimal knowledge of U.S. history. Max Boot

Knowledge History Degree College Minimal College Degree Does Getting Even Guarantee

In 1964, the GOP ceased to be the party of Lincoln and became the party of Southern whites. Max Boot

Party GOP Became Lincoln Southern Whites

Joe Biden stands out from other Democratic candidates not just by taking on President Trump directly but also by seeking to separate Trump from the rest of the Republican Party. Max Boot

Rest Party Other President President Trump Out Joe Seeking Directly Taking Democratic Also Trump Candidates Just Republican Republican Party Separate Stands