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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICELeading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
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Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
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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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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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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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History’s long arc is different than the today’s headlines.
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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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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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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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Today’s headlines and history’s judgement are not the same.
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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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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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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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But the truth of the matter is, we’re an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. That’s why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil.
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