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
believe people doubt
And I have no doubt that the American people generally believe the world is safer, and that we are safer, when we are stronger
government democracy assuming
I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred
military believe mean
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
thinking modern states
I think that there is absolutely no free market in modern industrial states.
fundamentals regimes totalitarian-regimes
There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion.
thinking years agreement
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.
war party want-something
We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.
air-power civilized-nations crime
Straying off course is not recognized as a capital crime by civilized nations.
faces needs matter
Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is.
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.
thinking government self
I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make clear why we feel that self-government is most compatible with peace, the well-being of people, and human dignity
eyebrows wipe language
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.
america firsts blame
They (american press) always blame America first!
government influence position
[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.