You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEMy 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.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
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If I can look at your zip code and I can tell whether you’re going to get a good education, we’ve got a real problem.
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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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Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.
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I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
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The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
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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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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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America’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
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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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History’s long arc is different than the today’s headlines.
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NATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
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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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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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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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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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