A biography for Condoleezza Ricehasn’t been written yet.
“My dad was not someone who you would strike with a billy club and he wouldn't strike back. It just wasn't in him.”
“I would like to attract more minorities into the game. But it's extremely important that this golf look like - that golf look like America.”
“We need a common enemy to unite us.”
“Well, there's been plenty of ultimatums, and one thing that we better be very clear is that we can't continue to have the kind of defiance of the United Nations, the defiance of the international community that we've had.”
“I don't see myself in any way in elective office.”
“People are tired of being kept from the dignity that allows them to make their own choices.”
“I have enormous respect for people who do run for office.”
“Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people.”
“I'm saying there is no way that I will do this, because it's really not me. I know my strengths, and governor Romney needs to find someone who wants to run with him. There are many people who will do it very, very well, and I'll support the ticket.”
“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.”
“Today's headlines and history's judgment are rarely the same.”
“I know a lot of very stable gay couples.”
“We can't afford to leave Afghanistan to the Taliban and the terrorists.”
“Let me let you in on a little secret. There is no such thing as an international community. There are self-maximizing, self-interested states that will push their interests as far as possible.”
“When people don't have a hopeful vision before them or the possible resolution of their difficulties by peaceful means, then they can be attracted to violence and to separatism.”
“Frankly, as secretary of state, if somebody treats you badly because you're a woman, it's your fault - not theirs.”
“Hamas is a little more than an enemy of the United States. Hamas, of course, is a terrorist organization - listed by Europeans as a terrorist organization.”
“The U.S. has since the end of World War II had an answer - we stand for free peoples and free markets, we are willing to support and defend them - we will sustain a balance of power that favors freedom.”
“My father joined our party because the Democrats in Jim Crow Alabama of 1952 would not register him to vote. The Republicans did.”
“When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience.”