You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEToday’s headlines and history’s judgement are not the same.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
-
-
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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
This is the democratic process at work, What you’re seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
The best armor against everything around you is to be well educated, to work hard, to be twice as good as if you had to be, to do languages and culture better.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
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 -
Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
But 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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
If 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.
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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
I think America is still a bright, shining city on the hill – not because we’re perfect but because we struggle in our imperfections every day.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE







