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

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

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

I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make...

I think that it's always appropriate for Americans and for American foreign policy to make...

Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania,...

Just as the Russians and the Soviets didn't manage to wipe out languages in Lithuania,...

A doctrine of class war seemed to provide a solution to the problem of poverty...

A doctrine of class war seemed to provide a solution to the problem of poverty...

I'm a political scientist and I study these things, and I know that economic problems,...

I'm a political scientist and I study these things, and I know that economic problems,...

I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican...

I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican...

That is simply that Marxism has been tremendously fashionable in our time, so it has...

That is simply that Marxism has been tremendously fashionable in our time, so it has...

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

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

I believe that detente was having almost the opposite effect of what was intended. What...

I believe that detente was having almost the opposite effect of what was intended. What...

In the years just before... during the Carter years, the Soviets regularly violated, if you...

In the years just before... during the Carter years, the Soviets regularly violated, if you...

And I have no doubt that the American people generally believe the world is safer,...

And I have no doubt that the American people generally believe the world is safer,...

I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue...

I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue...

The real point is that totalitarian regimes have claimed jurisdiction over the whole person, and...

The real point is that totalitarian regimes have claimed jurisdiction over the whole person, and...

Cross cultural experience teaches us not simply that people have different beliefs, but that people...

Cross cultural experience teaches us not simply that people have different beliefs, but that people...

And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging...

And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging...

There is no pure free-market economy.

There is no pure free-market economy.

There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion.

There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion.

Look, I don't even agree with myself at times.

Look, I don't even agree with myself at times.

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something...

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something...

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

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