Condoleezza Rice Quotes

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

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When are we going to stop making excuses for the terrorists and saying that somebody is making them do it? No, these are simply evil people who want to kill.

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In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development.

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Punish France, ignore Germany, and forgive Russia.

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But in terms of Saddam Hussein being there, let's remember that his country is divided, in effect. He does not control the northern part of his country. We are able to keep arms from him. His military forces have not been rebuilt.

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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 work of securing the latter.

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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 and they are doing these things with minimal help, that we are going to be able to bring down the levels of our forces. And I have no doubt that that's going to happen in a reasonable time frame.

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Well, that's not how I read the statement … After all, do Iraqis really want to — any Iraqi, sitting around that table, want to suggest that killing an innocent Iraqi child standing at a bus stop is legitimate? Or that killing Iraqi soldiers who are lining up at recruitment centers is legitimate? Or even that multinational forces — who by the way are there under a UN mandate — are somehow legitimate targets?

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I do believe that the president of Venezuela is really, really destroying his own country, economically, politically.

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... there have been plenty of markers that show that this is a country that is worth the investment because once it emerges as a country that is a stabilizing factor, you'll have a very different kind of Middle East. And I know that from the point of view of not just monetary costs, but the sacrifice of American lives, a lot has been sacrificed for Iraq, a lot has been invested in Iraq.

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Senator, I'm happy to continue the discussion, but I really hope that you will not imply that I take the truth lightly.

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The growth of entrepreneurial classes throughout the world is an asset in the promotion of human rights and individual liberty, and it should be understood and used as such. Yet peace is the first and most important condition for continued prosperity and freedom. America's military power must be secure because the United States is the only guarantor of global peace and stability. The current neglect of America's armed forces threatens its ability to maintain peace.

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If you are overdressed, it is a comment on them. If you are under dressed, it is a comment on you.

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This test has much in common with the other great challenges that are defining this young century — from weapons proliferation, to the spread of disease, to transnational terrorism. These are truly global problems, and no one nation, no matter how much power or political will it possesses, can succeed alone. We all need partners, and we all need to work in concert.

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The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly [Saddam Hussein] can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.

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As I was telling my husb— As I was telling President Bush.

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... I am proud of the decision of this Administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein. I am proud of the liberation of 25 million Iraqis. And I'm proud to see an Iraq that is now emerging with a stronger government, a truly multiethnic, multi-sectarian government that's about to have its second set of elections, that's inviting private investment into Iraq, and that is making peace with its Arab neighbors.

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When the Founding Fathers said 'we the people', they did not mean me. My ancestors were three-fifths of a man.

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At no time did I intend to, or do I believe that I did put forward false information to the American people.

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I'm very glad that there was, in fact, a consequence. I think that this kind of coarse language doesn't belong anywhere in reasonable dialogue between reasonable people. … It gets ruined by this disgusting — and I'll use the word 'disgusting' — comment which doesn't belong in any polite company and certainly doesn't belong on any radio station that I would listen to.

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