R.I.P. – Jeane Kirkpatrick

Posted on | December 8, 2006 | 1 Comment

She was a great one, unflinching and straight-forward. As a young girl, I dreamed of a Jeane Kirkpatrick presidency. I believed she, rather than George Bush, was the perfect choice to follow Ronald Reagan into the Oval Office. Unfortunately, it was a path she did not choose to take.

Still she made her mark in the world. She made people think and, like Reagan, she made people believe.

Townhall has a round up of some of her writings and quotes.

From her speech at the 1984 GOP Convention, and very apropos today:

They understand just as the distinguished French writer, Jean Francois Revel, understands the dangers of endless self- criticism and self-denigration.

He wrote: “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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