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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. "
Condoleezza Rice
Want
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Golf
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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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" My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year, and I always won. I'm an only child, and I could count on my mother's vote. "
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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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" 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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" We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists. "
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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 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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" We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war. "
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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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" The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this desire into reality. "
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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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Cloud
Smoking
" 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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Freedom
" 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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Community
" 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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Because
Fault
" 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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" 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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You
" 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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Street
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Intelligence
" Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same. "
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History
Judgment
Rarely
" There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks. "
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Bullet
Attacks
Silver
" 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 know a lot of very stable gay couples. "
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Couples
Gay
" 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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People
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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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Leadership
World
" 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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Tyranny
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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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" 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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" 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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Good
School
" I think it goes back to whether or not race and class - that is, race and poverty - is not becoming even more of a constraint. Because with the failing public schools, I worry that the way that my grandparents got out of poverty, the way that my parents became educated, is just not going to be there for a whole bunch of kids. "
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Poverty
Race
" 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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" If I'd been a better long-term planner, I'd still be in music, as a musician someplace. So I'll take it one step at a time. "
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Step
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