Decades, If Not Centuries Are Normally Required

When The Soviet Union Walked Out Of Arms Control Negotiations, And Refused Even To Discuss The Issues, The San Francisco Democrats Didn't Blame Soviet Intransigence. They Blamed The United States.

When The San Francisco Democrats Treat Foreign Affairs As An Afterthought, As They Did, They Behaved Less Like A Dove Or A Hawk Than Like An Ostrich - Convinced It Could Shut Out The World By Hiding Its Head In The Sand.

A Government Is Not Legitimate Merely Because It Exists.

Democracy Not Only Requires Equality But Also An Unshakable Conviction In The Value Of Each Person, Who Is Then Equal. Cross Cultural Experience Teaches Us Not Simply That People Have Different Beliefs, But That People Seek Meaning And Understand Themselves In Some Sense As Members Of A Cosmos Ruled By God.

And I Think Detente Had Manifestly Failed, And That The Pursuit Of It Was Encouraging Soviet Expansion And Rendering The World More Dangerous, And Especially Rendering The Western World In Greater Peril.