Vietnam Presumably Taught Us That The United States Could Not Serve As The World's Policeman; It Should Also Have Taught Us The Dangers Of Trying To Be The World's Midwife To Democracy When The Birth Is Scheduled To Take Place Under Conditions Of Guerrilla War.

-Jeane Kirkpatrick

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Vietnam Presumably Taught Us That The United

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Vietnam Presumably Taught Us That The United States Could Not Serve As The World's Policeman; It Should Also Have Taught Us The Dangers Of Trying To Be The World's Midwife To Democracy When The Birth Is Scheduled To Take Place Under Conditions Of Guerrilla War.

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Military

War

Taught Us

The Absence Of Utopianism In The Constitution, Law, And Traditional Political Culture Has Been ... Important In Limiting Expectations Concerning What Can Be Achieved By Politics. The History Of The Last Two Centuries Confirms What The Framers Of The Constitution Understood: That The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good, And The Search For Unalloyed Virtue In Public Life Leads To Unalloyed Terror.

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Two

Perfect