Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEPower is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEAs 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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEPeople may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they’ll join your side.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEYou cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.
CONDOLEEZZA RICENATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEToday’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 RICEYou 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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEThe problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don’t want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEI 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 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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEWe need a common enemy to unite us.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEThere 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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEAmerica’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEIf you cannot allow people to do their jobs, nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEWe need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEOut of struggle very often comes victory.
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