We can’t rely – or no country can rely on just a single personality to carry it forward. And so what the American founding fathers understood was that institutions were built for human imperfection not human perfection.
CONDOLEEZZA RICEIn 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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History’s long arc is different than the today’s headlines.
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Differences can be a strength.
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Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
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Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be.
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I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn’t have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
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Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
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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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I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
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It is a dangerous thing to ask why someone else has been given more. It is humbling – and indeed healthy – to ask why you have been given so much.
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We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.
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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.
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Most days are not overwhelmingly successful in your life. And what really marks whether you’re going to be successful is how well you deal with the bad days, not how well you deal with the good ones.
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I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I’m always finding something funny.
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We need a common enemy to unite us.
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Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.
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