Today’s headlines and history’s judgement are not the same.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEYou cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.
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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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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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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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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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Most days are not overwhelmingly successful in your life. And what really marks whether you’re going to be successful is how well you deal with the bad days, not how well you deal with the good ones.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
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Differences can be a strength.
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