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Jeane Kirkpatrick
Jeane Kirkpatrick
American Diplomat
Born: Nov 19, 1926
Died: Dec 7, 2006
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Related authors: Cynthia P. Schneider Dean Rusk Harry Hopkins Joseph P. Kennedy Lawrence Eagleburger Madeleine M. Kunin Ralph Bunche Richard N. Haass
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
Political Debate Security Security Council More Council Takes Political Debate Than Effort Closely Problem-Solving Either Place Resembles
Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Democracy Equality Value Conviction Only Unshakable Equal Also Person Then Requires Who Each
Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse - and things won't get worse unless they get elected. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Unless Worse Democrats Get Elected Things
I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Politics Me Man Woman World Made Bit Administration Like Democrat Talked Intellectual Blot Bureaucrats May Republican Ink Differently
We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace. Jeane Kirkpatrick
War Peace Conflict At Least One Something More Parties Least Than Wants
Look, I don't even agree with myself at times. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Myself Look Times Agree Even
A government is not legitimate merely because it exists. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Government Merely Because Exists Legitimate
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
Truth Important Nothing Babies More Scholar Bottles Dealing Got Concrete Than Frogs Which Mud
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
Power Military Believe Detente Having Almost Sort Build-Up Contest Opposite Effect End Expansion Intended Soviet Stop Means
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
Time World Church Too Tremendously Our Our Time Has-Been Marxism Simply Countries Major Suppose Institutions Well Surprised Been Very Infect Infected Should Large Many Large Number Fashionable Number
I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Free Think Market States Free Market Absolutely Industrial Modern
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
World Dangerous Think Detente More Pursuit Had Failed Peril Rendering Greater Encouraging Western Western World Expansion Soviet
In the years just before... during the Carter years, the Soviets regularly violated, if you will, both the spirit and theletter of arms control agreements, I think, that they had negotiated during the period of detente. Jeane Kirkpatrick
You Will Before Control Think Carter Detente Spirit Both Had Period Arms Years Soviets Just Regularly Agreements Violated
I'm a political scientist and I study these things, and I know that economic problems, with the rising unemployment and inflation and low productivity and so forth, were a factor in that election, in that defeat of President Carter. Jeane Kirkpatrick
Political Inflation Problems Election Defeat President Carter Rising Economic Factor Economic Problems Study Know Scientist Were Unemployment Low Forth Productivity Things
Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think. Jeane Kirkpatrick
History Think Solidarity Direction Movement Turned
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
People World Stronger Doubt Believe No Doubt Generally Safer American American People

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