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Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza "Condi" Rice (/ˌkɒndəˈliːzə/; born November 14, 1954) is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush. Rice was the first female African-American Secretary of State, as well as the second African-American Secretary of State (after Colin Powell), and the second female Secretary of State (after Madeleine Albright). Rice was President Bush's National Security Advisor during his first term, making her the first woman to serve in that position.

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Well, there are many things, whenever you look back, that you would've done differently. We're all human. We do our best at the time. I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country. We came close, but we couldn't.

Comprehensive, Country, Immigration, Passed, Time, Wish

Most of the people who were responsible for 9
11 are now in custody or have been killed. But there are others, and they plot and they plan, and they hope to pull it off again. And while we have to be right 100 percent of the time, they only have to be right once. So there's no way to overreact to that.

Custody, People, Plot, Right

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.

Consequence, Country, Father, Policy, Thinking

When I went off to college, I was expecting to be a concert musician. In music school I heard all of these kids who were just unbelievable. And I understand that you can be very, very good, but there's something that separates very, very good from great, and I knew that I wasn't great.

College, Expecting, Kids, School, Understand

America is a country that went through an extremely difficult set of circumstances out of 9
11. And we've survived it as a country, and I think we've survived it as one people. And we all ought to be concentrating on trying to make sure that we move forward as one people out of that terrible experience.

America, Concentrating, Country, Difficult, Moving, Thinking

Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.

Influence, Inspirational, Power, Turns, Unless

Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be

Leader, World, Accepting, Leaders, Work

At no time did I intend to, or do I believe that I did put forward false information to the American people.

Believe, Information, People, Time

When people see the terrible scenes of violence on television, when we mourn the death of each and every American man and woman in uniform or a civilian that's killed, that it's hard to see the progress that's being made and it's hard to believe that this is all going to come out for the better.

Believe, Killed, Men, Mourn, People, Terrible

Everybody in the world is capable of democratic development. Some people in the world are unlucky enough to get stuck with really bad political leadership and with really bad political institutions.

People, Political, Development, Stuck, Unlucky

Your passion may be hard to spot, so keep an open mind and keep searching.

Keep, May, Mind, Open, Passion

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.

Afghanistan, Government, Longer, People, Run, Running

No American president can support an Egypt that calls into question the historic treaty between Israel and Egypt. And no American president can support an Egypt that doesn't fully recognize women's rights or the rights of religious minorities.

Fully, Israel, Minorities, Religious, Rights

I've never really been a workaholic.

Workaholic

It was really wonderful playing with Aretha [ Franklin]. I knew that she knew what she was doing, so all I had to do was sit in the background and vamp a little bit.

Background, Franklin, Littles, Vamp, Wonderful

It was actually fun to write [memoir], because I went back to interview people my parents had taught or who had worked with them, and I learned a lot about them that I hadn't known.

Back, Fun, People, Taught, Write, Writing

I grew up in a very loving middle class family. My parents were educators. I'm not even the first PhD in my family. They tried to shield me, just as other parents in my neighborhood tried to shield their children. But you knew there was a reason that you couldn't go to that theme park or to a movie theater or to a hamburger stand. They couldn't shield you completely. What they did though was they never let it be an excuse for not achieving, and they always said racism is somebody else's problem, not yours. They tried in that way not to make us bitter about Birmingham.

Children, Class, Family, Parents, Racism, Shield

When you have big historic changes, there are going to be ups and downs. . . There are going to be peaks and valleys. Some things are going to go right. Some things are going to go wrong. But as long as the strategic direction is going in the right way, that's really what you have to judge.

History, Judge, Judging, Long, Ups, Valleys

I think the Saudis are not only not supporting terrorism, they're fighting it. And why? Because it is in their interests to fight it. We don't agree on everything, but I do believe that the Saudis for their benefit, they're fighting terrorism and fighting it quite aggressively.

Agree, Believe, Fighting, Interests, Supporting, Thinking

message and policy are very much a part, you know, two parts of the same coin.

Two, Coins, Messages, Policy, Part, Coin

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