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 Read Quote
When I talk to students – and I still think of myself more than anything as a kind of professor on leave – they say, ‘Well, how do I get to do what you do?’… And I say, ‘Well, you have to start out by being a failed piano major.’ And my point to them is don’t try to have a 10-year plan. Find the next thing that interests you and follow that. Condoleezza Rice Read Quote
If I’d been a better long-term planner, I’d still be in music, as a musician someplace. So I’ll take it one step at a time. Condoleezza Rice Read Quote
What the United States has done is to be open to people who are fleeing tyranny, who are fleeing danger, but we have done it in a very careful way that has worked for us. Condoleezza Rice Read Quote
Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come – and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance. Condoleezza Rice Read Quote
There are those who would draw a sharp line between power politics and a principled foreign policy based on values. This polarized view – you are either a realist or devoted to norms and values – may be just fine in academic debate, but it is a disaster for American foreign policy. American values are universal. Condoleezza Rice Read Quote
I am very fond of Jeb Bush. He’s a friend; he was a terrific governor of Florida. I worked with him on some immigration and education issues. Condoleezza Rice Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I think golf can be one of those places where we act and we hope that people act as we would like them to act all the time. Condoleezza Rice Read Quote
