Condoleezza Rice

Condoleezza Rice (born November 14, 1954), National Security Advisor and Secretary of State to George W. Bush.

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"The growth of entrepreneurial classes throughout the world is an asset in the promotion of human rights and individual liberty, and it should be understood and used as such. Yet peace is the first and most important condition for continued prosperity and freedom. America's military power must be secure because the United States is the only guarantor of global peace and stability. The current neglect of America's armed forces threatens its ability to maintain peace."
- Foreign Affairs, January/February 2000

"But in terms of Saddam Hussein being there, let's remember that his country is divided, in effect. He does not control the northern part of his country. We are able to keep arms from him. His military forces have not been rebuilt."
- CNN Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer, July 29, 2001

"As I was telling my husb— As I was telling President Bush."
- Newsweek, May 3, 2004

"We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war."
- opening statement to 9/11 Commission

"I believe the title was Bin Laden Determined To Attack Inside the United States."
- testimony before the 9/11 Commission, describing the August 6th PDB

"I don't think that anybody could have predicted that these people would take an airplane and slam it into the World Trade Center, take another one and slam it into the Pentagon, that they would try to use an airplane as a missile"
- Press conference, May 16, 2002

"Punish France, ignore Germany, and forgive Russia."
- Washington Post, April 13, 2003

"Oh, indeed there is a tie between Iraq and what happened on 9/11. It’s not that Saddam Hussein was somehow himself and his regime involved in 9/11, but, if you think about what caused 9/11, it is the rise of ideologies of hatred that lead people to drive airplanes into buildings in New York."
- CBS News, November 28, 2003

"People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side."
- Advice given to her protégée, Kiron Skinner, while serving as Provost at Stanford University.
- James Mann. Rise of the Vulcans. Penguin Books, New York: 2004. pg. 227. ISBN 0143034898

"You see, this war came to us, not the other way around."
- Remarks at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, May 15, 2005

"Senator, I'm happy to continue the discussion, but I really hope that you will not imply that I take the truth lightly."
- Secretary of State confirmation hearing, January 19, 2005

"And so the administration, I think, has said to the American people that it is a generational commitment to Iraq."
- FOX News Sunday, June 19, 2005

"When are we going to stop making excuses for the terrorists and saying that somebody is making them do it? No, these are simply evil people who want to kill."
- PBS, July 28, 2005

"I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements."
- News conference in Ottawa, Canada, October 26, 2005

"These people are making a choice for peace and that means that the time is coming in which this insurgency will have no foothold, in which it will be defeated, defeated by Iraqis and in which we can fully come home."
- Interview on ABC Good Morning America, December 16, 2005

"...the idea that she belongs in front of a war tribunal is not something I can dignify with a response. Miss Rice presides over a wide range of choices, a wide range of policies. She's handled that vast duty with dignity, with honor..." --Marc Landy, May 10, 2006 [1]