Top 94 Quotes by 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.

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.

The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.

I have enormous respect for people who do run for office.

Great powers can't get tired, because the international order is not self-governing.

Believe it or not, I loved acid rock in college - and I still do.

My parents elected me president of the family when I was 4. We actually had an election every year, and I always won. I'm an only child, and I could count on my mother's vote.

It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991.

Our policies toward Iraq simply are to protect the region and to protect Iraq's people and neighbors.

What has always made our country special is that it doesn't matter where you come from; it matters where you're going. Our job is to make certain the pathways are open to both our boys and our girls.