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" People are tired of being kept from the dignity that allows them to make their own choices. "

Condoleezza Rice

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" Hamas is a little more than an enemy of the United States. Hamas, of course, is a terrorist organization - listed by Europeans as a terrorist organization. "

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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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" We need a common enemy to unite us. "

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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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" My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year, and I always won. I'm an only child, and I could count on my mother's vote. "

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" There are those who would draw a sharp line between power politics and a principled foreign policy based on values. This polarized view - you are either a realist or devoted to norms and values - may be just fine in academic debate, but it is a disaster for American foreign policy. American values are universal. "

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

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" You go to war when there is a security threat, and Saddam Hussein was seen as a threat to our interests and our security. "

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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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" Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance. "

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" We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists. "

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" What the United States has done is to be open to people who are fleeing tyranny, who are fleeing danger, but we have done it in a very careful way that has worked for us. "

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" That was a sin: to consider yourself victimized or not able to control your destiny or your fate - that was the one cardinal sin in our community. "

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

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

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" I would even say that my parents, and their friends in our community, thought of education as a kind of armor against racism. "

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" 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. "

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" I remember, when I was 6 years old, we were having an event at school where different dolls were on display. I said that the tallest doll needed to be on the end, and my little friend said to me, 'Oh, you're just so bossy.' I remember thinking that wasn't a good thing. But I kept insisting the doll had to be on the end anyway. "

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" You aren't going to be successful as a diplomat if you don't understand the strategic context in which you are actually negotiating. It is not deal making. It's not. "

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

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" I think it goes back to whether or not race and class - that is, race and poverty - is not becoming even more of a constraint. Because with the failing public schools, I worry that the way that my grandparents got out of poverty, the way that my parents became educated, is just not going to be there for a whole bunch of kids. "

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" What has always made our country special is that it doesn't matter where you come from; it matters where you're going. Our job is to make certain the pathways are open to both our boys and our girls. "

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" 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. "

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