NATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEMy 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.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
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We’re in a new world. We’re in a world in which the possibility of terrorism, married up with technology, could make us very, very sorry that we didn’t act.
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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 diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran’s nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA.
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Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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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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You know, I’ve never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If I’d been waiting for a black, female, soviet specialist role model, I’d be still waiting.
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I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
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I’ve never really been a workaholic. I work very hard, but I also enjoy playing. I think it’s important to have a balanced and well-rounded life.
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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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Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
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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.
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The 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.
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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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