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" 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

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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 find someone who wants to run with him. There are many people who will do it very, very well, and I'll support the ticket. "

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" The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things. "

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" Great powers can't get tired, because the international order is not self-governing. "

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" I'm a very happy university professor... the best thing about being a university professor is that you see young people as they're being shaped and molded toward their own future, and you have a chance to be a part of that. "

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" People have the right to protest - that's what democracy is all about. I have no problem with people exercising their democratic rights. "

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" I will never forget the bright September day, standing at my desk in the White House, when my young assistant said that a plane had hit the World Trade Center - and then a second one - and a third, the Pentagon. "

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" We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq. "

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" 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 bring democracy to its people. "

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" Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. "

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" It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991. "

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" When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience. "

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" When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk. "

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" We can have a new vision, one even greater than the system they gave us after World War II. Everyone can pursue happiness and freedom and peace. "

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" I got the chance to be the secretary of state; I'm an international relations specialist. It doesn't get better than that. "

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" My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones. "

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" We need a common enemy to unite us. "

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

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

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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 that he signed onto after the Gulf War, so that he would not be a threat to peace and security, he has ignored and flaunted. "

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" Believe it or not, I loved acid rock in college - and I still do. "

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" Our policies toward Iraq simply are to protect the region and to protect Iraq's people and neighbors. "

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" People notice if you are black. People notice if you are female. We are certainly not either colorblind or gender-blind in this country, so I'm not suggesting that it isn't a factor. But I think in the final analysis, people will take a look at the positions, and they'll take a look at the issues. "

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" 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'm not a politician. "

Condoleezza Rice

" I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of state. I'm a foreign policy person, and to have a chance to serve my country as the nation's chief diplomat at a time of peril and consequence, that was enough. "

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" We're in a new world. We're in a world in which the possibility of terrorism, married up with technology, could make us very, very sorry that we didn't act. "

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" There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks. "

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" When you're on a golf course, a couple of things are very interesting. No matter who you're with and who you're playing with, people want each other to do well. "

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" 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. "

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