If it is not possible for me to go somewhere and to be willing to encounter people with different views, then I'm really not doing my job. Condoleezza Rice More Quotes by Condoleezza Rice More Quotes From Condoleezza Rice I'm very proud that President [George W.] Bush took on AIDS relief. It was the largest single response by any country to a major international health crisis, and there are millions of people who are alive today in Africa and other developing countries because of that program. Condoleezza Rice presidentcountrypeople I wish that after the war against Saddam Hussein we had been more effective at rebuilding Iraq quickly. I think had we done it from the provinces, in, rather than from Baghdad, out, we might have been more successful. Condoleezza Rice successfulwarthinking I have several [favorite clothes designers], but I like to wear Akris, Oscar De La Renta and Giorgio Armani. Condoleezza Rice oscarsclothesdesigner [I'm] very fortunate and blessed person who still has a lot of living to do. Condoleezza Rice stillspersonsblessed I play a lot chamber music.As for something that's hard for me to play, before I leave this Earth I'm hoping to play Brahms' Second Piano Concerto. Condoleezza Rice pianoearthplay In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development. Condoleezza Rice developmentpresidentcountry I'm not personally fearful, but I look out, and there are a number of things that concern me, and I'm hopeful that we can overcome them. Condoleezza Rice hopefulovercomingnumbers I find that the great majority of public servants across the entire political spectrum come because they believe in the United States and they want to change the world. Condoleezza Rice majoritypoliticalbelieve I learned a lot about my parents, who were both teachers. I had known that my parents were very strongly in favor of education. I had known that they had an impact on a lot of people, but people came out of the woodwork who have said, "You know, without your father, I would never have gone to college," very successful people. And so I learned how widespread their educational evangelism really was. Condoleezza Rice educationalteacherfather Richard Clarke had plenty of opportunities to tell us, in the administration, that he thought the war on terrorism was moving in the wrong direction and he chose not to. Condoleezza Rice opportunitywarmoving I don't think anybody could have predicted that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile. Condoleezza Rice airplanetryingthinking Separation of powers is a problem for foreign policy. Condoleezza Rice foreign-policyseparationproblem Sometimes people decide to write reports even though they haven't been to Guantanamo . And so I would just suggest that people look at some of the work that's been done by people who have been there. But that's not to say that we will not be very glad at the day that conditions permit the closure of Guantanamo and the trying of its inhabitants or for their release. Condoleezza Rice writingtryingpeople To say that people around the world deserve the same, the same life that we have in the United States, the same freedoms that we have, that seems to me, humble. I think it's humble to say that the United States, which has been given so much, should give back. Condoleezza Rice humblepeoplethinking America cannot do most of what needs to be done alone. You need friends. And we have good friends around the world. We have friends with whom we share values in Europe and Asia - thanks to the forward march of democracy - in Latin America, in Africa, and increasingly in the Middle East. Condoleezza Rice good-friendlatineurope 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. Condoleezza Rice politicaldevelopmentpeople it is a longstanding principle that sitting national security advisers do not testify before the Congress. Condoleezza Rice congressprinciplessitting We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq. Condoleezza Rice cleariraqleadership I am proud of the decision of this Administration to overthrow Saddam Hussein. I am proud of the liberation of 25 million Iraqis. And I'm proud to see an Iraq that is now emerging with a stronger government, a truly multiethnic, multi-sectarian government that's about to have its second set of elections, that's inviting private investment into Iraq, and that is making peace with its Arab neighbors. Condoleezza Rice iraqgovernmentdecision Working very closely with the Department of Homeland Security to match up what is available with what is needed. Condoleezza Rice homeland-securitydepartmentneeded
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