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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEIf 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.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
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Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.
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Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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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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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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I think that the United States has always been most effective when it is leading both from power and principle.
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Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
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I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
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Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be.
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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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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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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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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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Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
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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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