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Security Quotes by Condoleezza Rice

13 Security quotes by Condoleezza Rice

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Condoleezza Rice’s perspective on security appears in a focused set of thirteen quotes, each highlighting her blend of academic rigor and practical governance. The collection gives a succinct sense of how she balances strategic interests with diplomatic nuance.

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NATO is built on security, but it's also built on values.

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

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

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

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You go to war when there is a security threat, and Saddam Hussein was seen as a threat to our interests and…

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When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran's nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by…

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American national security and American economic interests, of course - every president, every secretary of state - that is the primary goal.…

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I have no doubt that as the Iraqi security forces get better, and they are getting better and they are holding territory…

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I worry that the weakness - particularly of our public schools - is going to make that less and less true for…

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There's no doubt that it's still a dangerous place, Afghanistan. The fortunate thing is that the United States was helping to provide…

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Ultimately, we didn't go to Germany to create a democracy. We went to overthrow Adolf Hitler. But once a democracy was there,…

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I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who…

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It has been, after all, 11 years, more than a decade now, of defiance of U.N. resolutions by Saddam Hussein. Every obligation…

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The Iranian people have a proud past. They merit a great future.

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It has been hard to muster the resources to support fledgling democracies and to intervene on behalf of the most desperate. The AIDS orphans…

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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…

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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…

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

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A lot is being done to bring additional protective measures, particularly the critical infrastructure locations around the United States, ... There is a very…

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You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.

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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…

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[I'm] very fortunate and blessed person who still has a lot of living to do.

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Football is like war. It's about taking territory.

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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…

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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.…

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I believed Afghanistan was always going to be hard. It's the fifth poorest country in the world. And when you fly over it, you…

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I'm very glad my mother didn't let me quit piano lessons at age 10. She said I wasn't old enough or good enough to…

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

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