There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion.
Jeane KirkpatrickCultural constraints condition and limit our choices, shaping our characters with their imperatives.
Jeane KirkpatrickAll of us confront limits of body, talent, temperament. But that is not all. We are, all of us, also constrained by our time, our place, our civilization.
Jeane KirkpatrickThe real point is that totalitarian regimes have claimed jurisdiction over the whole person, and the whole society, and they don't at all believe that we should give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and unto God that which is God's.
Jeane Kirkpatrick