America’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEBut 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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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.
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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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The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
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Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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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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The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity – and an obligation – to help them turn this desire into reality.
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I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
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There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
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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.
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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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We’re not going to negotiate about the terms of terrorism. You don’t negotiate about terrorism. It’s is wrong to engage in terrorism, and there isn’t anything to negotiate.
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Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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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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Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.
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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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