Condoleezza Rice Quotes

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• I'm saying there is no way that I will do this, because it's really not me. I know my strengths, and governor Romney needs to…
• Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to…
• I don't think anybody could have predicted that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile.
• Richard Clarke had plenty of opportunities to tell us in the administration that he thought the war on terrorism was moving in the wrong direction…
• We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.
• If you are taught bitterness and anger, then you will believe you are a victim. You will feel aggrieved and the twin brother of aggrievment…
• You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like…
• 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…
• It has been hard to muster the resources to support fledgling democracies- or to help the world's most desperate - the AIDS orphan in Uganda,…
• We need a common enemy to unite us.
• I've always said that I expected to grow up and get married like any nice southern girl, but the fact is you don't get married…
• Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.
• Search for role models you can look up to and people who take an interest in your career. But here's an important warning: you don't…
• I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
• Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
• Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.
• Our work has only begun. In our time we have an historic opportunity to shape a global balance of power that favors freedom and that…
• We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.
• When you have big historic changes, there are going to be ups and downs... There are going to be peaks and valleys. Some things are…
• Every life is capable of greatness.

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