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 RICEI think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.
More Condoleezza Rice Quotes
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My mom was a teacher – I have the greatest respect for the profession – we need great teachers – not poor or mediocre ones.
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There’s no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
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Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time.
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This is the democratic process at work, What you’re seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.
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Race is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident,real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counterproductive.
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NATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
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Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.
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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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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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You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like doing it, you’ll do it well.
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Truly remarkable leadership is not just about motivating others to follow, it’s about inspiring them to become leaders themselves and setting the stage for even greater opportunities for future generations.
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I hope that all of us who were fortunate enough to have benefited will put our time, our resources and our efforts into making sure that kids, particularly kids without means, have a way to achieve.
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Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
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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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The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
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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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I think that the United States has always been most effective when it is leading both from power and principle.
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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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It’s bad policy to speculate on what you’ll do if a plan fails when you’re trying to make a plan work.
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I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.
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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.
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People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they’ll join your side.
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Out of struggle very often comes victory.
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You can never ask others to do something you would not do. That is integrity.
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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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