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The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.

Condoleezza Rice

The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
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Integrity Leadership Right
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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Build Country Father Human Imperfection Institution Personality Understand
It is a dangerous thing to ask why someone else has been given more. It is humbling – and indeed healthy – to ask why you have been given so much.
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Dangerous Health Humble Yourself
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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Average Greatness Myself Poor Respect Teacher
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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Direction People Strong Value Yourself
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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Bad Failure Planning Policy Work Yourself
NATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
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Build Foundation Security Value
Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
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Hard Mindset Open Passion Search Yourself
I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.
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Agreement Country Deal International Thinking World
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 Embrace People Style Work
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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Definition Determination Force Possible Prejudice Success
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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Action Complication Fact Myself People Reflection
Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
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Difference Pespective Strength
You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.
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Dedication Hands Peace Philosophy Violence Yourself
As secretary of state it’s been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much – I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here.
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Ability Country Greatness Honor Love People Potential Reach Respect Secretary Strength
If you cannot allow people to do their jobs, nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
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Creativity Job People Work Yourself

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