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I spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed.

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Susan Rice
Age: 59
Born: 1964
Born: November 17
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United States Ambassador To The United Nations
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Susan Elizabeth Rice
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I have a range, and I'd much rather do things the nice way than the hard way, but sometimes you have to use all the tools at your disposal.
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Peace, prosperity, and democracy cannot endure if imposed from the outside. We should cease to make false distinctions between peacekeeping and prevention they are in fact inextricably linked.
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It may not be what you would've chosen, but we all have a responsibility to be active citizens and shape our system and our future.
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There are no cookie-cutter solutions that you can apply from one circumstance to another. They're different. Our interests, as implicated, are different. The tools we have at our disposal are different.
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I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.
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I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.
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I'm apologetic when I feel like I've made a mistake. And when I have done a disservice to myself or someone else. But I don't feel a need to apologize for doing or saying something that I think needs to be said, just because it may not sit comfortably with somebody else.
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One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years.
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I was working with a number of African heads of state. And after their initial surprise, I think many of them just treated me as they would anybody else. They had to deal with me as a representative of the United States of America, and the United States of America was too important to be dismissed or ignored on any grounds.
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What I would say about me is: What you see is what I get.
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President Obama has got the most moderate temperament.
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President Obama is an extraordinary person to work with and for.
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If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.
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Thirty years ago, about 80% of a company's assets resided in its plant and equipment, with 20% in the knowledge of its people. Today, the reverse is true. The knowledge of our staff is our principal asset
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All of us as citizens have to be consumers and judges.
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Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.
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Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world.
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I think it's very, very important that in foreign policy and national security decision making, as in any other realm, that there be a range of diversity that reflects the full complexity of America. We should draw on those experiences to inform our decision making.
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Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.
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I am very aware of being black and female because that's what I am.
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