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…

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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,...

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...

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 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.

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

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

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...

There is no pure free-market economy.

There is no pure free-market economy.

Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think.

Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think.

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...

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...

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...

What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a...

What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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,...