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Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "A government is not legitimate merely because it exists."

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Words can destroy. What we call each other ultimately becomes what we think of each other, and it matters."

Words can destroy. What we call each other ultimately becomes what we think of each other, and it matters.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions."

I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.




Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse-and things won't get worse unless they get elected."

Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse-and things won't get worse unless they get elected.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Truth, which is important to a scholar, has to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud."

Truth, which is important to a scholar, has to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and bottles, frogs and mud.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "History is a better guide than good intentions."

History is a better guide than good intentions.




Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving."

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 Quotes: "Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end."

Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "For all their faults, right-wing authoritarian regimes more easily accept democratic reforms than left-wing totalitarian states."

For all their faults, right-wing authoritarian regimes more easily accept democratic reforms than left-wing totalitarian states.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal"

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom, security, and the enjoyment of opportunity."

Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom, security, and the enjoyment of opportunity.




Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace."

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations."

Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is."

Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Mr. President, we've taken off our "Kick Me" sign."

Mr. President, we've taken off our "Kick Me" sign.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred"

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion."

There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Look, I don't even agree with myself at times."

Look, I don't even agree with myself at times.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "A doctrine of class war seemed to provide a solution to the problem of poverty to people who know nothing about how wealth is created"

A doctrine of class war seemed to provide a solution to the problem of poverty to people who know nothing about how wealth is created



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think."

Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and respectable."

Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and respectable.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "All of us confront limits of body, talent, temperament. But that is not all. We are, all of us, also constrained by our time, our place, our civilization."

All of us confront limits of body, talent, temperament. But that is not all. We are, all of us, also constrained by our time, our place, our civilization.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither have they managed to wipe out religion to the extent that we had feared."

Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania, neither have they managed to wipe out religion to the extent that we had feared.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "They (american press) always blame America first!"

They (american press) always blame America first!



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Maturity is when we live by the truths that are in our heart and soul, truths we believe to be right for us."

Maturity is when we live by the truths that are in our heart and soul, truths we believe to be right for us.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "No idea holds greater sway in the minds of educated Americans that the belief that it is possible to democratize governments anytime and anywhere under any circumstances."

No idea holds greater sway in the minds of educated Americans that the belief that it is possible to democratize governments anytime and anywhere under any circumstances.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states."

I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "And I have no doubt that the American people generally believe the world is safer, and that we are safer, when we are stronger"

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 Quotes: "The speed with which armies collapse, bureaucracies abdicate, and social structures dissolve once the autocrat is removed frequently surprises American Policy makers."

The speed with which armies collapse, bureaucracies abdicate, and social structures dissolve once the autocrat is removed frequently surprises American Policy makers.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits. In Britain, the road [to democratic government] took seven centuries to traverse."

Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits. In Britain, the road [to democratic government] took seven centuries to traverse.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "It was not malaise we suffered from; it was Jimmy Carter - and Walter Mondale."

It was not malaise we suffered from; it was Jimmy Carter - and Walter Mondale.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Neither nature, experience, nor probability informs these lists of 'entitlements', which are subject to no constraints except those of the mind and appetite of their authors."

Neither nature, experience, nor probability informs these lists of 'entitlements', which are subject to no constraints except those of the mind and appetite of their authors.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Cultural constraints condition and limit our choices, shaping our characters with their imperatives."

Cultural constraints condition and limit our choices, shaping our characters with their imperatives.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "When the Soviet Union walked out of arms control negotiations, and refused even to discuss the issues, the San Francisco Democrats didn't blame Soviet intransigence. They blamed the United States."

When the Soviet Union walked out of arms control negotiations, and refused even to discuss the issues, the San Francisco Democrats didn't blame Soviet intransigence. They blamed the United States.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated."

[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal."

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "A doctrine of class war seemed to provide a solution to the problem of poverty to people who know nothing about how wealth is created."

A doctrine of class war seemed to provide a solution to the problem of poverty to people who know nothing about how wealth is created.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Freedom works."

Freedom works.



Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes: "Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom security and the enjoyment of opportunity."

Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom security and the enjoyment of opportunity.