Reactions to Kirkpatrick's death

President Bush

Kirkpatrick "defended the cause of freedom at a pivotal time in world history" and "helped America win the Cold War."

U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan

While Kirkpatrick was "always ardent and often provocative, her commitment to an effective United Nations was clear."

Current U.N. ambassador John Bolton

"She was one of the most outstanding advocates of American foreign policy in our history. ... She spoke clearly for liberty in the world, made it clear during tensions in the Cold War that America's interests here at the U.N. were advanced when the cause of liberty was advanced.

Rep. Tom Lantos, D-Calif., called her "a patriot and a class act ... who almost single-handedly broke the glass ceiling for women in foreign policy." Lantos added that Kirkpatrick's "key role in beating back the 'Zionism is racism' resolution in the General Assembly saved the United Nations from itself and will be long remembered."

Samuel Brookfield, former president and chief executive of the Business Council for the U.N.: "She arrived with dynamic force at the U.N., and I remember her vividly saying she wasn't going to let the U.S. get kicked around in that institution."

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn.

Kirkpatrick "stood up for the interests of America while at the U.N., lent a powerful moral voice to Reagan foreign policy and has been a source of wise counsel to our nation since leaving government service two decades ago."