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We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.
— Condoleezza Rice
![Condoleezza Rice Quotes By Condoleezza Rice: [In] the United States, we've always been held](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/condoleezza-rice-quotes-by-condoleezza-rice-41585.jpg "Condoleezza Rice Quotes By Condoleezza Rice: [In] the United States, we've always been held")
[In] the United States, we've always been held together by the belief that it doesn't matter where you came from. It matters where you're going.
— Condoleezza Rice
My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.
— Condoleezza Rice
I may not agree with everything, but our President, just like President [George W.] Bush did, is trying to do his best under difficult circumstances.
— Condoleezza Rice
I have enormous respect for people who do run for office.
— Condoleezza Rice
![Condoleezza Rice Quotes By Condoleezza Rice: We [USA] need to deal with our problems](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/condoleezza-rice-quotes-by-condoleezza-rice-801427.jpg "Condoleezza Rice Quotes By Condoleezza Rice: We [USA] need to deal with our problems")
We [USA] need to deal with our problems here at home if we're going to be strong enough to lead abroad.
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I'm actually - believe it or not, for an academic - an aural learner.
— Condoleezza Rice
You never cede control of your own ability to be successful to something called racism.
— Condoleezza Rice
Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be
— Condoleezza Rice
After all, when the world looks to America, they look to us because we are the most successful political and economic experiment in human history.
— Condoleezza Rice
The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this desire into reality.
— Condoleezza Rice
I think Americans are not guilty for 9/11; I think President Bush is not guilty for 9/11.
— Condoleezza Rice
The true reason of Ms. Rice's attack against Russia is very simple. Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention.
— Vladimir Zhirinovsky
What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow. But what you know today cannot affect what you did yesterday.
— Condoleezza Rice
In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.
— Condoleezza Rice
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[My favorite dish to cook] is fried chicken, and by the way I'm good at it, too. I make really good fried chicken.
— Condoleezza Rice
I got the chance to be the secretary of state; I'm an international relations specialist. It doesn't get better than that.
— Condoleezza Rice
The Iranian people have a proud past. They merit a great future.
— Condoleezza Rice
I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of politics.
— Condoleezza Rice
Piano performances by Condoleezza Rice are better than Hitler's paintings.
— Evgeni Kostitsyn
First, I wanted to answer the question I'm most frequently asked: "How did you become who you are?" Well, you had to know John and Angelena Rice.
— Condoleezza Rice
When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.
— Condoleezza Rice
I believe in having a private life.
— Condoleezza Rice
Believe it or not, I loved acid rock in college - and I still do.
— Condoleezza Rice
I've never really been a workaholic. I work very hard, but I also enjoy playing. I think it's important to have a balanced and well-rounded life.
— Condoleezza Rice
I believe our Presidents work hard and it's the loneliest job in the world.
— Condoleezza Rice
History's long arc is different than the today's headlines.
— Condoleezza Rice
There are some places that have had real quarrels with the United States' policies, but I think the country is very well-respected worldwide.
— Condoleezza Rice
My dad was not someone who you would strike with a billy club and he wouldn't strike back. It just wasn't in him.
— Condoleezza Rice
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 overcome them.
— Condoleezza Rice
Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.
— Condoleezza Rice
If you are overdressed, it is a comment on them. If you are under dressed, it is a comment on you.
— Condoleezza Rice
The United States is willing to exert strong leadership to give diplomacy its very best chance to succeed.
— Condoleezza Rice
If I'd been a better long-term planner, I'd still be in music, as a musician someplace. So I'll take it one step at a time.
— Condoleezza Rice
Great powers can't get tired, because the international order is not self-governing.
— Condoleezza Rice
I'm happy and content in my life, and I chalk that up to wonderful parents and a wonderful God.
— Condoleezza Rice
Everyone wants Russia to be a prosperous, democratic state that is fully integrated.
— Condoleezza Rice
Football is like war. It's about taking territory.
— Condoleezza Rice
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It's good to have female or minority role models. But the important thing is to have mentors who care about you, and they come in all colors.
— 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
When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk.
— Condoleezza Rice
I don't see myself in any way in elective office.
— Condoleezza Rice
If I can look at your zip code and I can tell whether you're going to get a good education, we've got a real problem.
— Condoleezza Rice
Frankly, as secretary of state, if somebody treats you badly because you're a woman, it's your fault - not theirs.
— Condoleezza Rice
If you cannot allow people to do their jobs ... nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
— Condoleezza Rice
Iran can and should be a responsible state, not the leading state sponsor of terror.
— Condoleezza Rice
I've found my place in life, that I'm passionate about, my talents and my passion have merged, and I'm trying to do the best that I can.
— Condoleezza Rice
I would even say that my parents, and their friends in our community, thought of education as a kind of armor against racism.
— Condoleezza Rice
I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.
— Condoleezza Rice
My Fox guys, I love every single one of them.
— Condoleezza Rice
Even when you cherish democratic ideals, it is never easy to turn them into effective democratic institutions. This process will take decades.
— Condoleezza Rice
To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery.
— Condoleezza Rice
I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.
— Condoleezza Rice
I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics.
— Condoleezza Rice
This is the democratic process at work, What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.
— Condoleezza Rice
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I have several [favorite clothes designers], but I like to wear Akris, Oscar De La Renta and Giorgio Armani.
— Condoleezza Rice
We will continue to work together in our common fight against terror.
— Condoleezza Rice
Working very closely with the Department of Homeland Security to match up what is available with what is needed.
— Condoleezza Rice
Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
— Condoleezza Rice
The day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position.
— Condoleezza Rice
I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country.
— Condoleezza Rice
Differences can be a strength.
— Condoleezza Rice
We need a common enemy to unite us.
— Condoleezza Rice
We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists.
— Condoleezza Rice
In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development.
— Condoleezza Rice
People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.
— Condoleezza Rice
You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.
— Condoleezza Rice
I've been in enough positions to respect people with different views.
— Condoleezza Rice
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[I]t is a dangerous thing to ask why someone else has been given more. It is humbling - and indeed healthy - to ask why you have been given so much.
— 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 sports sections.
— Condoleezza Rice
U.S. officials never expected that 'we were going to open garages and find' weapons of mass destruction.
— Condoleezza Rice
Punish France, ignore Germany, and forgive Russia.
— Condoleezza Rice
Every life is capable of greatness.
— Condoleezza Rice
I'm a terrible long-term planner.
— Condoleezza Rice
I am a professor at Stanford; I am a happy professor at Stanford. That's where I'm staying.
— Condoleezza Rice
Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.
— Condoleezza Rice
Our policies toward Iraq simply are to protect the region and to protect Iraq's people and neighbors.
— Condoleezza Rice
I think golf can be one of those places where we act and we hope that people act as we would like them to act all the time.
— Condoleezza Rice
Arnold Rampersad is a really good person. A really good person. As a matter of fact, he came to Stanford when I was Provost.
— Condoleezza Rice
We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.
— Condoleezza Rice
Does anybody think these people were just sitting around drinking tea?
— Condoleezza Rice
I know a lot of very stable gay couples.
— Condoleezza Rice
There is nothing better than being in a classroom with really, really brilliant students, and opening up new worlds to them. That's what I love doing.
— Condoleezza Rice
People are tired of being kept from the dignity that allows them to make their own choices.
— Condoleezza Rice
The quicker we get about the business of reducing our reliance on oil the better.
— Condoleezza Rice
At no time did I intend to, or do I believe that I did put forward false information to the American people.
— Condoleezza Rice
When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience.
— Condoleezza Rice
I would like to attract more minorities into the game. But it's extremely important that this golf look like - that golf look like America.
— Condoleezza Rice
Out of struggle very often comes victory.
— Condoleezza Rice
Differences can be strength rather than a handicap.
— Condoleezza Rice
The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
— Condoleezza Rice
Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.
— Condoleezza Rice
Defeating Human Trafficking is a great moral calling of our time
— Condoleezza Rice
I am very fond of Jeb Bush. He's a friend; he was a terrific governor of Florida. I worked with him on some immigration and education issues.
— Condoleezza Rice
