Exceptional Voices

This week, America lost two exceptional voices, both of whom ably served America as ambassadors to the United Nations. One, Dr. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, we lost to death. The other, Amb. John Bolton, we lost to partisan politics. Both were committed members of JINSA’s Board of Advisors.

This week, America lost two exceptional voices, both of whom ably served America as ambassadors to the United Nations. One, Dr. Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, we lost to death. The other, Amb. John Bolton, we lost to partisan politics. Both were committed members of JINSA’s Board of Advisors.

Their public voices were the same in so many ways. They were diplomats who spoke truth to power. They were monumental thinkers unhampered by political correctness. Without fail, their comments were right on the mark. They said what needed to be said without embellishment. And when you heard them speak, you were proud to be an American.

Dr. Kirkpatrick will be mourned by all those who care about the issues JINSA was established to address. In fact, it was Dr. Kirkpatrick in the 1980s who gave JINSA one of its most memorable, oft-repeated slogans when she said, “If JINSA did not exist, it would have to be invented.”

For those of us who believe that America is the greatest country ever, who believe that we are a gift to the human political experience, we take our hats off in deference and respect to these two visionaries and patriots. One sure to be heard from again and the other never to be forgotten.