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 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.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
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Differences can be a strength.
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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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Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.
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Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
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You 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.
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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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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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The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
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What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.
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America’s still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
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When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
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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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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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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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You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.
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