The best Quotes by Condoleezza Rice

The best Quotes by Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice (born November 14, 1954) is an American diplomat and political scientist. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 66th United States secretary of state from 2005 to 2009.

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.

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

Yesterday Today

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

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.

There are those who would draw a sharp line between power politics and a principled foreign policy based on values. This polarized view - you are either a realist or devoted to norms and values - may be just fine in academic debate, but it is a disaster for American foreign policy. American values are universal.

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Ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for America. I, unfortunately, will be going back to Washington after my remarks. Today we've had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country.

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The result is an absence of checks and balances in Russia. The decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq...- I mean of Ukraine.

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I have a different vision of leadership. A leader is someone who brings people together.

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Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shatter steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve.

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This was not an act of terrorism, but it was an act of war.

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2001 September 11th

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

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America is a Nation with a mission - and that mission comes from our most basic beliefs. We have no desire to dominate, no ambitions of empire. Our aim is a democratic peace - a peace founded upon the dignity and rights of every man and woman.

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Some folks look at me and see a certain swagger, which in Texas is called "walking".

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Only a liberal senator from Massachusetts would say that a 49 percent increase in funding for education was not enough.

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The biggest difference from Hawaii and Alabama would probably be there's no beaches. But other than that, the people are very nice.

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How long does it take to get from Louisiana to Alabama?
One Mississippi.

Alabama Mississippi Louisiana

Leroy Brown: "Joe! That's your grandniece, that's kin to you!"
Joe Simmons: "Grandniece? What the hell is a grandniece? I'm from Alabama. After daughter, it don't damn matter."

Joe Simmons in A Madea Homecoming

Alabamians don't tell you to wait before rushing a decision… they say "don't count your chickens before they hatch."

Alabama Chicken & Roosters

Alabama girls - the kind of girl you can take home to meet your mom, but can outdrink your dad.

Home is where the heart is and the heart is in Alabama.

The only traffic I had to deal with in Alabama was a tractor.

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One of the flaws in the American dream is that there isn't as much of a safety net as you may get in other countries.

Jim Jefferies

There are 320 million American dreams. Go get yours!

Shahid Khan

Who told you, you have to live like today when you want to live today like tomorrow?

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5

I wake up thinking of yesterday. The joy is in remembering; the pain is in knowing it was yesterday.

David Levithan in Every Day

2

Memories Yesterday

I might not know who I was yesterday or who I'm going to be tomorrow, but I know who I am right now.

Sabrina Carpenter

6

Character Today

If what you have done yesterday still looks big to you, you haven't done much today.

Mikhail Gorbachev

1

Yesterday Today

None of us should accept a future in which our daughters and granddaughters have fewer rights than we did.

Hillary Clinton - May 2022

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Daughters Women's Rights

The saddest thing a girl can do is dumb herself down for a guy.

Emma Watson

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Feminism Women's Rights Girls

Jewish communities are warning their members to avoid specific places for their own safety - today, here in Germany, almost 80 years after the Holocaust.

Robert Habeck - November 2023

Judaism Holocaust 2023

If Putin were to win this war, what sign would that be for other dictators in the world like Xi, like the Chinese President? So therefore Ukraine has to win this war.

Annalena Baerbock - September 2023

Xi Jinping Russia-Ukraine War

This is the dirty work that Israel is doing – for all of us. Otherwise, we might have continued to endure the terror of this regime for months or years – and possibly even with nuclear weapons.

Friedrich Merz - Juni 2025

Iran Israel 2025

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

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Falling down isn't dangerous or shameful. Not getting up is both.

Konrad Adenauer

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Courage Giving Up

Our world has become more restless and rough; it is changing at a breathtaking pace. We also cope with headwinds. This does not make the challenges of our time any smaller.

Olaf Scholz - December 2023

With clear language and undaunted diplomacy, he has significantly shaped the United States of America and post-war global politics.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier - December 2023

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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.

John F. Kennedy

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Forgiveness & Mercy Enemies & Opponents Names

It's not about counting women, it's about making sure that women count!

Claudia Roth - February 2019

A lie told often enough becomes the truth.

Vladimir Lenin

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Power itself isn't good or bad.

Kurt Georg Kiesinger

There can be neither today without yesterday nor tomorrow without today.

Kim Jong Un

Yesterday Today

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

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