If you cannot allow people to do their jobs ... nobody with substance and creativity will work for you. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Diplomacy, if properly practiced, is not just talking for the sake of talking. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails when you're trying to make a plan work. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
We [USA] need to deal with our problems here at home if we're going to be strong enough to lead abroad. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
You know, I've never believed, in anything, that you had to have role models who looked like you to do something. If… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Well, of course, all of the statistics say there are fewer eligible black men in my circle. But I've never thought of… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I do think people have suggested that it would be a good thing if the reporting were accurate on Al-Jazeera and if… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
What the United States has done hasn't always been liked or popular. But if you look at some of the most populous… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Your friends and your family, if you're close to them, they won't let you get too far from who you were or… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I'm a strong believer that you have to have an equal opportunity to fail and to try things that are hard. I… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The most important lesson I think I could impart is don't let anyone determine what your horizons are going to be. You… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Well, I didn't feel that I could do justice to this story of my parents and their generation, and all that they… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
We can't live true to our set of values unless American educational system is strong. I really believe that if we don't… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
When you're in government, of course, you have protection and you have people who are looking out for your wellbeing, but you… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I studied piano from the age of three. My grandmother taught piano. I stayed at her house during the day while my… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
You do have to keep in mind as you're going through extraordinarily difficult circumstances, that if you stay true, true to your… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
If I can look at your zip code and I can tell whether you're going to get a good education, we've got… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If I wrote a book, I had to be willing at least to talk about some of my struggles, whether in my… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
It has been hard to muster the resources to support fledgling democracies and to intervene on behalf of the most desperate. The AIDS orphans… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
We can't live true to our set of values unless American educational system is strong. I really believe that if we don't get that… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I remember at the time of 9/11 that there were women who went out of their way to escort Muslim women to grocery stores… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
A lot is being done to bring additional protective measures, particularly the critical infrastructure locations around the United States, ... There is a very… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I'm not personally fearful, but I look out, and there are a number of things that concern me, and I'm hopeful that we can… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
[I'm] very fortunate and blessed person who still has a lot of living to do. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I think there are plenty of men out there who are capable and accomplished in their own realm. You don't have to be in… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
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 about accessibility.… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
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