America’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEToday’s headlines and history’s judgement are not the same.
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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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Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year and I always won. I’m an only child, and I could count on my mother’s vote.
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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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If you cannot allow people to do their jobs, nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
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Differences can be a strength.
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I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I’m always finding something funny.
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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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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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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.
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What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.
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We need a common enemy to unite us.
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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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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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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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