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We've got to get back to a sense of an American identity, and that identity is not nationality or religion or ethnicity. It is a particular idea, and that idea is that you should live in liberty and you should be able to pursue happiness.

Condoleezza Rice

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Condoleezza Rice
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Birmingham
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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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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 first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
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When you're in government, of course, you have protection and you have people who are looking out for your wellbeing, but you can't live in a state of fear. If you do, you're not going to do your job very well and you're going to give yourself high blood pressure, which probably isn't worth it.
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I believe that Reverend [Florine] Thompson's hit on something. My parents, I and a lot of my friends growing up in that community had tremendous drive.
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If the strong exploit the weak, democracy will not be stable.
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I've never really been a workaholic.
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Differences can be a strength.
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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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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.
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Working very closely with the Department of Homeland Security to match up what is available with what is needed.
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When diplomacy has been exhausted, the Security Council must become involved. Questions about Iran's nuclear activities remain unanswered, despite repeated efforts by the IAEA.
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This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia, where Russia can threaten its neighbors, occupy a capital, overthrow a government, and get away with it. Things have changed.
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If I can look at your zip code and I can tell whether you're going to get a good education, we've got a real problem.
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You never cede control of your own ability to be successful to something called racism.
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We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.
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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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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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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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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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