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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. "
Condoleezza Rice
War
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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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" We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists. "
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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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" I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics. "
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" Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" There isn't a doubt that Iran constitutes the single most important single-country strategic challenge to the United States and to the kind of Middle East that we want to see. "
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" I don't think anybody can take the word of Saddam Hussein and his regime, and certainly an American president and allies who are obligated to worry about the safety and security of our countries, cannot take the word of this dictator, who lies, pathologically lies. "
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" We were spending American blood and treasure to liberate the people of Afghanistan from one of the most brutal regimes on the face of the earth. That we would not use that moment to press for women's rights seems to me unthinkable. "
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" I have enormous respect for people who do run for office. "
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" My father joined our party because the Democrats in Jim Crow Alabama of 1952 would not register him to vote. The Republicans did. "
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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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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "
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" We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war. "
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" Let me let you in on a little secret. There is no such thing as an international community. There are self-maximizing, self-interested states that will push their interests as far as possible. "
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" We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq. "
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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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" We will continue to work together in our common fight against terror. "
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" Football is like war. It's about taking territory. "
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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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" I believe that while race-neutral means are preferable, it is appropriate to use race as one factor among others in achieving a diverse student body. "
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