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.
Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations. - Jeane Kirkpatrick
Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations.
- Jeane Kirkpatrick
Cultural constraints condition and limit our choices, shaping our characters with their imperatives. - Jeane Kirkpatrick
Cultural constraints condition and limit our choices, shaping our characters with their imperatives.
Words can destroy. What we call each other ultimately becomes what we think of each other, and it matters. - Jeane Kirkpatrick
Words can destroy. What we call each other ultimately becomes what we think of each other, and it matters.
What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving. - Jeane Kirkpatrick
What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.
Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse-and things won't get worse unless they get elected. - Jeane Kirkpatrick
Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse-and things won't get worse unless they get elected.
History is a better guide than good intentions. - Jeane Kirkpatrick
History is a better guide than good intentions.
When Marxist dictators shoot their way into power in Central America, the Democrats don't blame the guerrillas and their Soviet allies, they blame Un… - Jeane Kirkpatrick
When Marxist dictators shoot their way into power in Central America, the Democrats don't blame the guerrillas and their Soviet allies, they blame Un…
For all their faults, right-wing authoritarian regimes more easily accept democratic reforms than left-wing totalitarian states. - Jeane Kirkpatrick
For all their faults, right-wing authoritarian regimes more easily accept democratic reforms than left-wing totalitarian states.
I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions. - Jeane Kirkpatrick
I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.
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