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" We will continue to work together in our common fight against terror. "
Condoleezza Rice
Work
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Fight
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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 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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" 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. "
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" The day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position. "
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" Great powers can't get tired, because the international order is not self-governing. "
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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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Better
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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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" 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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Place
Security
" 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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Know
Problem
Information
" I would like to attract more minorities into the game. But it's extremely important that this golf look like - that golf look like America. "
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Golf
Game
" 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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Victories
Box
Policy
" 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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American
Think
Security
" We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq. "
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Clear
Back
" I'm not a politician. "
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Politician
" 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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You
" I think there are still unanswered questions about Benghazi. I think there are unanswered questions, and they could be easily answered. But I think they need to be answered. "
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Need
Think
Questions
" 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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Strong
Leadership
World
" I know a lot of very stable gay couples. "
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Know
Couples
Gay
" Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. "
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History
Judgment
Rarely
" 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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Control
Community
Yourself
" I could read music before I could read. "
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Before
Could
Music
" I've been in enough positions to respect people with different views. "
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People
Enough
Respect
" 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. "
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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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Values
American
View
" 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 Americans are not guilty for 9/11; I think President Bush is not guilty for 9/11. "
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I Think
Bush
" Our policies toward Iraq simply are to protect the region and to protect Iraq's people and neighbors. "
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" 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. "
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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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People
Democracy
Government
" 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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Gun
Cloud
Smoking