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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. "

Condoleezza Rice

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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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" 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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" 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. "

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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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" 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. "

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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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" But the truth of the matter is, we're an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. That's why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil. "

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

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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 my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of state. I'm a foreign policy person, and to have a chance to serve my country as the nation's chief diplomat at a time of peril and consequence, that was enough. "

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

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

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

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" 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. "

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" 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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" 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. "

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

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

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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 know a lot of very stable gay couples. "

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" 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?' "

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