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 babybottleburp Change image and share on social
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 beliefcosmoscross Change image and share on social
I'm a political scientist and I study these things, and I know that economic problems, with the rising unemployment and inflation and low productivity and so forth, were a factor in that election, in that defeat of President Carter. Jeane Kirkpatrick carterdefeateconomic share on social
There is no pure free-market economy. Jeane Kirkpatrick economyfreemarket Change image and share on social
A government is not legitimate merely because it exists. Jeane Kirkpatrick existgovernmentlegitimate Change image and share on social
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 extentfearlanguage Change image and share on social
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 americandoubtgenerally Change image and share on social
The real point is that totalitarian regimes have claimed jurisdiction over the whole person, and the whole society, and they don't at all believe that we should give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's. Jeane Kirkpatrick caesarclaimgive share on social
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. Jeane Kirkpatrick americanclearcompatible share on social
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. Jeane Kirkpatrick agreementarmcarter share on social
