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" When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk. "

Condoleezza Rice

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" I'm actually - believe it or not, for an academic - an aural learner. "

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" We've been a country that's been fortunate to be protected by two oceans, to not have serious attacks on our territory for most of our history. And we were unfortunately reminded in a very devastating way of our vulnerability. "

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

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

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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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" 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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" 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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" Frankly, as secretary of state, if somebody treats you badly because you're a woman, it's your fault - not theirs. "

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" It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991. "

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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'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 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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" 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. "

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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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" What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow. But what you know today cannot affect what you did yesterday. "

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

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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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" 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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" 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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" 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. "

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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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" 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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" We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war. "

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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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