"Clearly, a civilization that feels guilty for everything it is and does will lack the energy and conviction to defend itself."

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Source : Attributed by Jeane Kirkpatrick in her August 20, 1984 speech to the Republican national convention in Dallas, Texas, as cited in "Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History" (rev.), edited by William Safire, W. W. Norton & Co., (p. 1029), 2004.

Jean Francois Revel

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“The thing is, the reader doesn't want to hear about bad times.”
“An accountant is a man who puts his head in the past and backs his ass into the future.”
“I believe when we look different and carry something different, people are going to see that and want it too.”
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.”
“If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is tempermental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected.”
“There'll be a black lesbian in the White House before I'm James Bond.”
“I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit.”
“To recognize one's own insanity is, of course, the arising of sanity, the beginning of healing and transcendence.”

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