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

This quote was used, and attributed to Jean-Francois Revel, 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.), ed. William Safire, W. W. Norton & Co. (2004), p. 1029 ISBN 0393059316, 9780393059311

Jean-François Revel, How Democracies Perish (New York: Doubleday & Co., 1984), p. 10.