Condoleezza Rice Quotes

People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they’ll join your side.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE

Hurt People Realization Side Yourself
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

Myself Problem Quick Smoking Uncertain Weapon
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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Achievement Benefit Children Enough Fortunate Hope Resource Time
NATO is built on security, but it’s also built on values.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE

Build Foundation Security Value
Human beings are not perfect. Their institutions are not perfect, but they have to keep trying. And America has to help people keep trying.
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Help Human Institution People Perfection
The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
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Integrity Leadership Right
Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
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Influence Power Yourself
Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be.
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Acceptance Greatness Leadership Word World
Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
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Difference Pespective Strength
You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
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Circumstance Control Reaction Response Yourself
Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy.
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Policy Problem Separate Unity
Education is of no value and talent is worthless – unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.
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Education Focus Goal Talent Value Worth 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
We need a common enemy to unite us.
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Enemy Ourselves Unity
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.
CONDOLEEZZA RICE

Dangerous Health Humble Yourself
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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Bad Day Deal Goodness Life Success 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

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