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So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we’re vulnerable, and vulnerable in ways that we didn’t fully understand.

Condoleezza Rice

I hope that all of us who were fortunate enough to have benefited will put our time, our resources and our efforts into making sure that kids, particularly kids without means, have a way to achieve.
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Achievement Benefit Children Enough Fortunate Hope Resource Time
The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
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Better Business Quick Reduction
What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.
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Affect Change Knowledge Past Present Yourself
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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Myself Problem Quick Smoking Uncertain Weapon
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
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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Better Brilliant Class Love Myself Open World
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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Beyond Expectation Leadership Need Woman
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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Circumstance Country Essence Greatness Ideas Nation Religion Unity Yourself
I think that the United States has always been most effective when it is leading both from power and principle.
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Country Effective Myself Power Principle Thinking
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
Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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Policy Problem Separate Unity
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
Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
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Difference Pespective Strength
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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Believe Country Myself People Thinking Tolerance World
Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
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Achievement Confidence Fake Praise Standard Worth
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

So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we’re vulnerable, and vulnerable in ways that we didn’t fully understand.

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