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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People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they’ll join your side.
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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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I think that the United States has always been most effective when it is leading both from power and principle.
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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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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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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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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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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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People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they’ll join your side.
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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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Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be.
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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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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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I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
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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 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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