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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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Control

Community

Yourself

" I talked about the need for American leadership, I talked about the importance of the United States to a more peaceful world, a world that has been quite turbulent in recent years, and needs a strong American anchor. "

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

" I'm not a politician. "

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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. "

" 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. "

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Education

" Some governments choose to cooperate with the United States in intelligence, law enforcement, or military matters. The co-operation is a two-way street. We share intelligence that has helped protect European countries from attack, helping save European lives. "

" The day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position. "

" We will continue to work together in our common fight against terror. "

" 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. "

" We will have to stand up for and promote the power and promise of free markets and free peoples, and affirm that American preeminence safeguards rather than impedes global progress. "

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Progress

Stand Up

" There's no doubt that it's still a dangerous place, Afghanistan. The fortunate thing is that the United States was helping to provide security for Chairman Karzai. And it shows that the United States is committed to that regime. "

" If it is not possible for me to go somewhere and to be willing to encounter people with different views, then I'm really not doing my job. "

Condoleezza Rice

Job

" 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. "

" I think Americans are not guilty for 9/11; I think President Bush is not guilty for 9/11. "

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

" 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. "

" We know that there are unaccounted-for Scud and other ballistic missiles in Iraq. And part of the problem is that, since 1998, there has been no way to even get minimal information about those programs except through intelligence means. "

" I am a professor at Stanford; I am a happy professor at Stanford. That's where I'm staying. "

" I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics. "

" When people don't have a hopeful vision before them or the possible resolution of their difficulties by peaceful means, then they can be attracted to violence and to separatism. "

" Well, there's been plenty of ultimatums, and one thing that we better be very clear is that we can't continue to have the kind of defiance of the United Nations, the defiance of the international community that we've had. "

" 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. "

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

" I could read music before I could read. "

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

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

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Clear

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" What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow. But what you know today cannot affect what you did yesterday. "

" When I talk to students - and I still think of myself more than anything as a kind of professor on leave - they say, 'Well, how do I get to do what you do?'... And I say, 'Well, you have to start out by being a failed piano major.' And my point to them is don't try to have a 10-year plan. Find the next thing that interests you and follow that. "

" 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. "