Jeane Kirkpatrick Quotes About Democracy

Quotes about: Democracy

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

  Jeane Kirkpatrick

  Equality, Democracy, Conviction

• Vietnam presumably taught us that the United States could not serve as the world's policeman; it should also have taught us the dangers of trying to be the world's midwife to democracy when the birth is scheduled to take place under conditions of guerrilla war.

  Jeane Kirkpatrick

  Military, War, Taught Us

  "Quote for the Day II". The year 1979 quote, www.theatlantic.com. January 09, 2007.

• Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits. In Britain, the road [to democratic government] took seven centuries to traverse.

  Jeane Kirkpatrick

  Government, Discipline, People

  "Jeane Kirkpatrick". www.economist.com. December 19, 2006.

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

  People, Democracy, Different

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

  Jeane Kirkpatrick

  Government, Democracy, Assuming

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