If you cannot allow people to do their jobs ... nobody with substance and creativity will work for you. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Does anybody think these people were just sitting around drinking tea? — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
At no time did I intend to, or do I believe that I did put forward false information to the American people. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Our policies toward Iraq simply are to protect the region and to protect Iraq's people and neighbors. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Human beings are not perfect. Their institutions are not perfect, but they have to keep trying. And America has to help people… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
This is the democratic process at work, What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy. — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
If it is not possible for me to go somewhere and to be willing to encounter people with different views, then I'm… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
What the United States has done is to be open to people who are fleeing tyranny, who are fleeing danger, but we… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
It was actually fun to write [memoir], because I went back to interview people my parents had taught or who had worked… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
Multiethnic character of America is very attractive to people. They also see a place where you get ahead, not because of where… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
As secretary of state it's been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much - I have… — 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
I get letters from kids from all over the country. I always try to answer them because there were people I looked… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
We were spending American blood and treasure to liberate the people of Afghanistan from one of the most brutal regimes on the… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
This system, built on free markets, free trade and free peoples and American protection, that's what got us from the end of… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
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 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 have constantly told people that I was Secretary of State and I was not going to get into a partisan debate.… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I'm a huge proponent of exchanges, student exchanges, cultural exchanges, university exchanges. We talk a lot about public diplomacy, .. It's extremely… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
America is a country that went through an extremely difficult set of circumstances out of 9/11. And we've survived it as a… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
You are American, whether you profess Judaism, Catholicism, Protestantism, whether you adhere to Islam, or whether you believe in nothing at all.… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I think that one of the greatest challenges we have today is around education. One of the things that is dividing us… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
We still go out and elect people who we think are going to govern and better our interests. So we may not… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
People want to psychoanalyze me, but the fact is, I'm not that complicated. I'm pretty straightforward. And I'm not all that self-reflective,… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
We [The United States] believe the Iranian people want a future of freedom and human rights: the right to vote, to run… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
If you're always in the company of people who agree with you, you're going to think of people who don't agree with… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
One of the signs that things are going reasonably well for democracy is that we have the states where they're closer to… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I know that people look at my life and ask, "How can I achieve some of those things?" So, I suppose in… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
My favorite quote is Thomas Jefferson's "The God who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time." Well, he was… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I think there's sometimes too much attention to a few people who do hold extreme views. Most Americans go about their lives… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I don't think that anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I never found anybody I wanted to spend my life with. People say, "Didn't you want to get married?" Well, sure, but… — 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
I remember at the time of 9/11 that there were women who went out of their way to escort Muslim women to… — 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… — 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