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.

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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.

There is no pure free-market economy.

There is no pure free-market economy.

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.

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 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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each...

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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 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...