America’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEWhen 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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Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be.
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Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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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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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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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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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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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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So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we’re vulnerable, and vulnerable in ways that we didn’t fully understand.
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The essence of America – that which really unites us – is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion – it is an idea – and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.
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Today’s headlines and history’s judgment are rarely the same. If you are too attentive to the former, you will most certainly not do the hard work of securing the latter.
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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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You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.
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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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Democracy is the most realistic way for diverse peoples to resolve their differences, and share power, and heal social divisions without violence or repression.
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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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