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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEWhat you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.
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Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
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Race is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident,real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counterproductive.
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We need a common enemy to unite us.
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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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America’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
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Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
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Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.
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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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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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We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.
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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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You have to have a strong sense of your values and a strong sense of who you are, because there are a lot of events and a lot of people who will pull you in this direction or that direction.
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Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
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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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You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
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The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity – and an obligation – to help them turn this desire into reality.
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Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
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Education is of no value and talent is worthless – unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.
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If you are overdressed, it is a comment on them. If you are under dressed, it is a comment on you.
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In the United States, we’ve always been held together by the belief that it doesn’t matter where you came from. It matters where you’re going.
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Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
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My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always won. I’m an only child, and I could count on my mother’s vote.
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As secretary of state it’s been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much – I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here.
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My mom was a teacher – I have the greatest respect for the profession – we need great teachers – not poor or mediocre ones.
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