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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.

Condoleezza Rice

You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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Compassionate Integrity Work Yourself
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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Education Goodness Problem Reality Yourself
America’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
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Important Leadership Place Powerful World
In the United States, we’ve always been held together by the belief that it doesn’t matter where you came from. It matters where you’re going.
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Belief Country Togetherness Yourself
If you are overdressed, it is a comment on them. If you are under dressed, it is a comment on you.
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Clothes Comment Fashion Opinion Perspective Yourself
I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
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Born Classmate Move Myself Place White
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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Ability Country Greatness Honor Love People Potential Reach Respect Secretary Strength
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.
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Open Ourselves Place Society Territory Threat Truth Vulnerable
Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
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Difference Pespective Strength
What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.
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Affect Change Knowledge Past Present Yourself
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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Believe Black Female Model Modeling Myself Role Special Wait Yourself
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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Attention Hard Work History Judgement Rare Security Yourself
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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Circumstance Country Essence Greatness Ideas Nation Religion Unity Yourself
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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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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Teaching Thinking Understand Vulnerable Way
Democracy is the most realistic way for diverse peoples to resolve their differences, and share power, and heal social divisions without violence or repression.
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Democracy Difference People Power Reality Share Violence Way

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