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There is nothing better than being in a classroom with really, really brilliant students, and opening up new worlds to them. That's what I love doing.

Condoleezza Rice

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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Academic
Autobiographer
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Former United States Secretary Of State
Pedagogue
Pianist
Political Scientist
Politician
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Birmingham
Alabama
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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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For 60 years, my country, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of democracy in this region, here in the Middle East, and we achieved neither.
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Democracy is the most realistic way for diverse peoples to resolve their differences, and share power, and heal social divisions without violence or repression.
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Ultimately, we didn't go to Germany to create a democracy. We went to overthrow Adolf Hitler. But once a democracy was there, Germany was a much bigger supporter of and help to our national interests, both economic and security than had ever been before.
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I'm very proud that we stood for the proposition that no man, woman or child should ever have to live in tyranny. We believed in democracy and promoted it.
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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.
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Race is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident,real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counterproductive.
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There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 11 September attacks. There was nothing demonstrating or showing that something was coming in the United States. If there had been something, we would have acted on it.
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I love to watch football.I actually really love to watch almost any competition with a score at the end.
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We're all products of our environment, and I suspect that strength of will - the feeling, I'm going to be able to do whatever you put in front of me - is honed in an environment where not everything is easy. Ironically, growing up in that environment, you don't have a sense of aggrievement or entitlement. You just have a sense of overcoming.
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You have to have a strong sense of your values and a strong sense of who you are, because there are a lot of events and a lot of people who will pull you in this direction or that direction.
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First, I wanted to answer the question I'm most frequently asked: How did you become who you are? Well, you had to know John and Angelena Rice.
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It's so much a part of me that it's almost hard to describe myself in the absence of [faith].
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There's no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
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This is the democratic process at work, What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.
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[My favorite dish to cook] is fried chicken, and by the way I'm good at it, too. I make really good fried chicken.
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We [The United States] believe the Iranian people want a future of freedom and human rights: the right to vote, to run for office, to express their views without fear and to pursue political causes. We would welcome the progress, prosperity and freedom of the Iranian people.
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Every good leader is part manager and every good manager is part leader.
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There's no doubt that it's still a dangerous place, Afghanistan. The fortunate thing is that the United States was helping to provide security for Chairman Karzai. And it shows that the United States is committed to that regime.
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To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery.
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