“Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal.”
Jeane Kirkpatrick“A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.”
Jeane Kirkpatrick“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“Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think.”
Jeane Kirkpatrick“Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal.”
Jeane Kirkpatrick“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“We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.”
Jeane Kirkpatrick“Freedom works.”
Jeane Kirkpatrick“Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom security and the enjoyment of opportunity.”
Jeane Kirkpatrick“History is a better guide than good intentions.”
Jeane Kirkpatrick