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

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.

— Condoleezza Rice

Foreign policy simply cannot be judged by today's headlines that chalk up victories and defeats like so many box scores in the sports sections.

— Condoleezza Rice

I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. Furthermore, I love policy. Furthermore, I'm not particularly fond of politics.

— Condoleezza Rice

I got the chance to be the Secretary of State I'm an international relations specialist. It doesn't get better than that.

— Condoleezza Rice

I talked about the need for American leadership, I talked about the importance of the United States to a more peaceful world, a world that has been quite turbulent in recent years, and needs a strong American anchor.

— Condoleezza Rice

I would even say that my parents, and their friends in our community, thought of education as a kind of armor against racism.

— Condoleezza Rice

My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.

— Condoleezza Rice

One thing that education can do is it can provide us with an opportunity to understand one another better, and so while I've spent a lot of my time in the world of politics, I've always felt that it is really not politics that will solve this for us.

— Condoleezza Rice

People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.

— Condoleezza Rice