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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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" 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

" 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. "

" I know a lot of very stable gay couples. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I wish someone had put a golf club in my hands, not skates on my feet. It is a really great game for business. It's a great game for making connections. "

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

" 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. "

Condoleezza Rice

I Am

Education

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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

" 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. "

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

Condoleezza Rice

Football

War

" I don't see myself in any way in elective office. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" One thing that education can do is it can provide us with an opportunity to understand one another better, and so while I've spent a lot of my time in the world of politics, I've always felt that it is really not politics that will solve this for us. "

" I've found that in places where women have not really been afforded full rights yet - for instance, in the Middle East - even very conservative politicians in the region will say, 'You know, my daughter would really like to meet you,' or, 'Would you send a note to my granddaughter?' "

" 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. "

" 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. "