Jeane Kirkpatrick

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

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

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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

#class #created #doctrine #how #know

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists. ↗

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

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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

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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

#cosmos #cross #cultural #different #different beliefs

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

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#conviction #democracy #each #equal #equality

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

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

#elected #get #things #unless #won

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

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

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

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

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

— Jeane Kirkpatrick

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