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Jeane Kirkpatrick quotes

American Diplomat November 19, 1926 – December 7, 2006

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And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging Soviet expansion and rendering the world more dangerous, and especially rendering the Western world in greater peril. Jeane Kirkpatrick
I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is most compatible with peace, the well-being of people, and human dignity. Jeane Kirkpatrick
That is simply that Marxism has been tremendously fashionable in our time, so it has infected a very large number of major institutions in many countries of the world. So I suppose that we shouldn't be too surprised that it should infect the church as well. Jeane Kirkpatrick
The real point is that totalitarian regimes have claimed jurisdiction over the whole person, and the whole society, and they don't at all believe that we should give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Cross cultural experience teaches us not simply that people have different beliefs, but that people seek meaning and understand themselves in some sense as members of a cosmos ruled by God. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Jeane Kirkpatrick quote: "History is a better guide than good intentions."
History is a better guide than good intentions. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Jeane Kirkpatrick quote: "I always assume that democracy is the only good form of..."
I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Jeane Kirkpatrick quote: "Look, I don't even agree with myself at times."
Look, I don't even agree with myself at times. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Jeane Kirkpatrick quote: "We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict..."
We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace. Jeane Kirkpatrick
I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions. Jeane Kirkpatrick
I believe that detente was having almost the opposite effect of what was intended. What was intended was to sort of end the contest for power and to stop Soviet expansion, especially by military means and the military build-up, the military contest. Jeane Kirkpatrick
And I have no doubt that the American people generally believe the world is safer, and that we are safer, when we are stronger. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Jeane Kirkpatrick quote: "Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable..."
Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Truth, which is important to a scholar, has got to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Jeane Kirkpatrick quote: "I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern..."
I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states. Jeane Kirkpatrick

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