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.

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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...

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 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...

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 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,...

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...

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...

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'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,...

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...

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 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 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.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...