Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEToday’s headlines and history’s judgement are not the same.
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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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I think that the United States has always been most effective when it is leading both from power and principle.
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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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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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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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Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
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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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You have to have a strong sense of your values and a strong sense of who you are, because there are a lot of events and a lot of people who will pull you in this direction or that direction.
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As secretary of state it’s been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much – I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here.
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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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Education is of no value and talent is worthless – unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.
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My mom was a teacher – I have the greatest respect for the profession – we need great teachers – not poor or mediocre ones.
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Every life is capable of greatness.
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The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
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