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. – Condoleezza Rice
Were in a new world. Were in a world in which the possibility of terrorism, married up with technology, could make us very, very sorry that we didnt act. – Condoleezza Rice
After all, when the world looks to America, they look to us because we are the most successful political and economic experiment in human history. – Condoleezza Rice
It has been, after all, 11 years, more than a decade now, of defiance of U.N. resolutions by Saddam Hussein. Every obligation that he signed onto after the Gulf War, so that he would not be a threat to peace and security, he has ignored and flaunted. – Condoleezza Rice