You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like doing it, you’ll do it well.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEWhen 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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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.
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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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America’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
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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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The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
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The best armor against everything around you is to be well educated, to work hard, to be twice as good as if you had to be, to do languages and culture better.
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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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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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Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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We need a common enemy to unite us.
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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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There is nothing better than being in a classroom with really, really brilliant students, and opening up new worlds to them. That’s what I love doing.
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If you cannot allow people to do their jobs, nobody with substance and creativity will work for 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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