There are few people I would rather be quoted by than the brave and good

Natan Sharansky. Here I am in his new book, bottom of page 31:

“Yet even Japan’s remarkable transformation will not silence all the

sceptics. For one National Review writer, a half century of democratic rule

is still not enough proof of the long-term viability of democracy ourtside

the Anglo-Saxon world. ‘Other cultures can fake it for a few decades, as

France, Germany and Japan are doing, but their hearts are not really in it

and they will swoon gratefully into the arms of a fascist dictator when one

comes along. (21 – John Derbyshire, ‘Unpleasant Truths,’ National Review

Online, August 2, 2002)”

(Many thanks to Rebecca for pointing this out — I have the book on my

stack, not yet read.)