What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.

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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,...

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

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

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

There is no pure free-market economy.

There is no pure free-market economy.

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...

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...

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...