Condoleezza Rice

Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.

— Condoleezza Rice

I don't see myself in any way in elective office.

— Condoleezza Rice

I have enormous respect for people who do run for office.

— Condoleezza Rice

We need a common enemy to unite us.

— Condoleezza Rice

It's so much a part of me that it's almost hard to describe myself in the absence of [faith].

— Condoleezza Rice

If you cannot allow people to do their jobs ... nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.

— Condoleezza Rice

We can't afford to let the international community and the world lose faith in the diplomatic track.

— Condoleezza Rice

We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.

— Condoleezza Rice

We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists.

— Condoleezza Rice

it is a longstanding principle that sitting national security advisers do not testify before the Congress.

— Condoleezza Rice

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

— Condoleezza Rice

Working very closely with the Department of Homeland Security to match up what is available with what is needed.

— Condoleezza Rice

The United States has no credible evidence that Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria early last year before the U.S.-led…

— Condoleezza Rice

You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because…

— Condoleezza Rice

Foreign policy simply cannot be judged by today's headlines that chalk up victories and defeats like so many box scores in the…

— Condoleezza Rice

Race is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident,real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counterproductive.

— Condoleezza Rice

But we do have confidence in our institutions. We are not Russia. We have an executive that is constrained. We have a…

— Condoleezza Rice

Some governments choose to cooperate with the United States in intelligence, law enforcement, or military matters. The co-operation is a two-way street.…

— Condoleezza Rice

Everywhere that I go in the world, people desperately look to American leadership in all of their world's most difficult problems. You…

— Condoleezza Rice

Most days are not overwhelmingly successful in your life. And what really marks whether you're going to be successful is how well…

— Condoleezza Rice

I've always said as a political scientist that "culture" is what we use when we can't explain things. I think it's more…

— Condoleezza Rice

The idea the president of the United States was warned that Al-Qaeda was going to attack the United States and did nothing…

— Condoleezza Rice

I have constantly told people that I was Secretary of State and I was not going to get into a partisan debate.…

— Condoleezza Rice

I certainly have no regrets about overthrowing Saddam Hussein. I'd do it again. And, yes, there are a lot of things that…

— Condoleezza Rice

I believe that the Iraqis have an opportunity now, without Saddam Hussein there, to build the first multiconfessional Arab democracy in the…

— Condoleezza Rice

When you have big historic changes, there are going to be ups and downs... There are going to be peaks and valleys.…

— Condoleezza Rice

Oh, indeed there is a tie between Iraq and what happened on 9/11. It's not that Saddam Hussein was somehow himself and…

— Condoleezza Rice

But, clearly, the prime minister has laid down some ground rules which any functioning democratic state would insist upon, having to do…

— Condoleezza Rice

I think that the United States has always been most effective when it is leading both from power and principle.

— Condoleezza Rice

“the Founders were concerned that the will of the people could easily become the preferences of the mob.”

— Condoleezza Rice

The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.

— Condoleezza Rice

message and policy are very much a part, you know, two parts of the same coin.

— Condoleezza Rice

I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country.

— Condoleezza Rice

I have several [favorite clothes designers], but I like to wear Akris, Oscar De La Renta and Giorgio Armani.

— Condoleezza Rice

I'm actually - believe it or not, for an academic - an aural learner.

— Condoleezza Rice

U.S. officials never expected that 'we were going to open garages and find' weapons of mass destruction.

— Condoleezza Rice

“One of the hardest things about diplomacy is to put yourself into someone else's shoes without compromising your own principles.”

— Condoleezza Rice

Everyone wants Russia to be a prosperous, democratic state that is fully integrated.

— Condoleezza Rice

I've been in enough positions to respect people with different views.

— Condoleezza Rice

The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.

— Condoleezza Rice