Jeane Kirkpatrick
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Jeane J. Kirkpatrickwas an American ambassador and an ardent anticommunist. She was a longtime Democrat, who turned Republican in 1985. After serving as Ronald Reagan's foreign policy adviser in his 1980 campaign, she became the first woman to serve as US Ambassador to the United Nations...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth19 November 1926
CityDuncan, OK
CountryUnited States of America
Jeane Kirkpatrick quotes about
government liberty libertarian
A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.
mistake thinking justice
I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.
program democrat government-programs
Democrats can't get elected unless things get worse-and things won't get worse unless they get elected.
democracy conviction unshakable
Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal
government democracy assuming
I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred
effort political debate
What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.
ideas government mind
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 .
army surprise speed
The speed with which armies collapse, bureaucracies abdicate, and social structures dissolve once the autocrat is removed frequently surprises American Policy makers.
government people discipline
Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits. (for democracy) In Britain, the road to (democratic government) took seven centuries to traverse .
civilization body limits
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.
government influence position
[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.
winning roles bread
Society has never barred women from bread-winning roles, but only from economic roles that are profitable and respectable.
taken president kicks
Mr. President, we've taken off our "Kick Me" sign.
ostriches san-francisco world
When the San Francisco Democrats treat foreign affairs as an afterthought, as they did, they behaved less like a dove or a hawk than like an ostrich - convinced it could shut out the world by hiding its head in the sand.