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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEThe 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.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
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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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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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This is the democratic process at work, What you’re seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.
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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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I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I’m always finding something funny.
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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 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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Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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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 quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
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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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I think that the United States has always been most effective when it is leading both from power and principle.
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Every life is capable of greatness.
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Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
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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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