Ends Quote by Jeane Kirkpatrick

“Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.” quote by Jeane Kirkpatrick — Download Open image

“Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.”

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It was not malaise we suffered from; it was Jimmy Carter - and Walter Mondale.

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When Marxist dictators shoot their way into power in Central America, the Democrats don't blame the guerrillas and their Soviet allies, they blame United…

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That is simply that Marxism has been tremendously fashionable in our time, so it has infected a very large number of major institutions in…

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

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Truth, which is important to a scholar, has got to be concrete. And there is nothing more concrete than dealing with babies, burps and…

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And I think detente had manifestly failed, and that the pursuit of it was encouraging Soviet expansion and rendering the world more dangerous, and…

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Cultural constraints condition and limit our choices, shaping our characters with their imperatives.

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

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Decades, if not centuries are normally required for people to acquire the necessary disciplines and habits. In Britain, the road [to democratic government] took…

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

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I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars, the houses - that's not the American dream. That's the booby prize, in the end. Those are the booby prizes. And if you fall for them - if, when you achieve them, you believe that this…

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Dating someone on the opposite end of the happy spectrum teaches you an incredible amount of patience.

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What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end.

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Sometimes it's just enough for me to have the idea. I don't need to see it through to the end. When it actually happens,…

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In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end.

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At the end of night, before you close your eyes, be content with what you've done and be proud of who you are.

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it is the brevity of life which makes it tolerable; its experiences have value because they have an end.

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I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad for both sides. But I don't think the forces are there (that could carry out) an uprising against the leadership. The people that could initiate it are in Israeli prisons. And what could they hope to…

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