Today’s headlines and history’s judgement are not the same.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEPrejudice 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.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
-
-
NATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
Every life is capable of greatness.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
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 -
My mom was a teacher – I have the greatest respect for the profession – we need great teachers – not poor or mediocre ones.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
Out of struggle very often comes victory.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
If you cannot allow people to do their jobs, nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
We’re not going to negotiate about the terms of terrorism. You don’t negotiate about terrorism. It’s is wrong to engage in terrorism, and there isn’t anything to negotiate.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
We need a common enemy to unite us.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
America’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
I find it odd that suddenly people believe the United States is this Islamophobic country. I think this is the most tolerant country in the world.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
My 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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
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 -
I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I’m always finding something funny.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
There 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 RICE -
Democracy is the most realistic way for diverse peoples to resolve their differences, and share power, and heal social divisions without violence or repression.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE -
You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
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 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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE