We need a common enemy to unite us.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEToday’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.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
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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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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.
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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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Truly remarkable leadership is not just about motivating others to follow, it’s about inspiring them to become leaders themselves and setting the stage for even greater opportunities for future generations.
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Human beings are not perfect. Their institutions are not perfect, but they have to keep trying. And America has to help people keep trying.
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Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
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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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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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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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I find it odd that suddenly people believe the United States is this Islamophobic country. I think this is the most tolerant country in the world.
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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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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 can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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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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America’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
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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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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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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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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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The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.
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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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Every life is capable of greatness.
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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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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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Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.
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Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
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