We’re not going to negotiate about the terms of terrorism. You don’t negotiate about terrorism. It’s is wrong to engage in terrorism, and there isn’t anything to negotiate.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEYou might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
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The best armor against everything around you is to be well educated, to work hard, to be twice as good as if you had to be, to do languages and culture better.
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I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
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I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I’m always finding something funny.
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When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran’s nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA.
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People want to psychoanalyze me, but the fact is, I’m not that complicated. I’m pretty straightforward. And I’m not all that self-reflective, because I tend to be a doer.
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I hope that all of us who were fortunate enough to have benefited will put our time, our resources and our efforts into making sure that kids, particularly kids without means, have a way to achieve.
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People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they’ll join your side.
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Most days are not overwhelmingly successful in your life. And what really marks whether you’re going to be successful is how well you deal with the bad days, not how well you deal with the good ones.
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Every life is capable of greatness.
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We can’t rely – or no country can rely on just a single personality to carry it forward. And so what the American founding fathers understood was that institutions were built for human imperfection not human perfection.
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Prejudice and bigotry are brought down…by the sheer force of determination of individuals to succeed and the refusal of a human being to let prejudice define the parameters of the possible.
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In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.
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I think America is still a bright, shining city on the hill – not because we’re perfect but because we struggle in our imperfections every day.
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NATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
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You know, I’ve never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I’d been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I’d be still waiting.
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I’ve never really been a workaholic. I work very hard, but I also enjoy playing. I think it’s important to have a balanced and well-rounded life.
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I think that the United States has always been most effective when it is leading both from power and principle.
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Differences can be a strength.
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I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
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There is nothing better than being in a classroom with really, really brilliant students, and opening up new worlds to them. That’s what I love doing.
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Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
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We’re in a new world. We’re in a world in which the possibility of terrorism, married up with technology, could make us very, very sorry that we didn’t act.
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I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.
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But the truth of the matter is, we’re an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. That’s why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil.
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Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
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It’s bad policy to speculate on what you’ll do if a plan fails when you’re trying to make a plan work.
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