520 Quotes by Condoleezza Rice

I wish someone had put a golf club in my hands, not skates on my feet. It is a really great game for business. It's a great game for making connections.

You go to war when there is a security threat, and Saddam Hussein was seen as a threat to our interests and our security.

My father joined our party because the Democrats in Jim Crow Alabama of 1952 would not register him to vote. The Republicans did.

Frankly, as secretary of state, if somebody treats you badly because you're a woman, it's your fault - not theirs.

I'm not a politician.

I remember, when I was 6 years old, we were having an event at school where different dolls were on display. I said that the tallest doll needed to be on the end, and my little friend said to me, 'Oh, you're just so bossy.' I remember thinking that wasn't a good thing. But I kept insisting the doll had to be on the end anyway.

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

We can have a new vision, one even greater than the system they gave us after World War II. Everyone can pursue happiness and freedom and peace.

You aren't going to be successful as a diplomat if you don't understand the strategic context in which you are actually negotiating. It is not deal making. It's not.