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You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.
I got the chance to be the secretary of state; I'm an international relations specialist. It doesn't get better than that.
My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.
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.
My job is to try to advance American foreign policy, to try to advance the president's agenda on democracy and human rights.
Arnold Rampersad is a really good person. A really good person. As a matter of fact, he came to Stanford when I was Provost.
Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.
I would even say that my parents, and their friends in our community, thought of education as a kind of armor against racism.
In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.
The political face of Europe is one that has said very clearly that it wants cooperation and friendship with the United States.
I don't think anybody could have predicted that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile.
My father joined our party because the Democrats in Jim Crow Alabama of 1952 would not register him to vote. The Republicans did.
Our effort to build stability through authoritarians in the Middle East for 60 years had given us neither democracy nor stability.
This is the democratic process at work, What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.
I think there are plenty of men out there who are capable and accomplished in their own realm. You don't have to be in the same field.
I've found my place in life, that I'm passionate about, my talents and my passion have merged, and I'm trying to do the best that I can.
I'm not personally fearful, but I look out, and there are a number of things that concern me, and I'm hopeful that we can overcome them.
In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development.
People have the right to protest - that's what democracy is all about. I have no problem with people exercising their democratic rights.
Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.
If it is not possible for me to go somewhere and to be willing to encounter people with different views, then I'm really not doing my job.
So I think, if September 11 taught us anything, it taught us that we're vulnerable, and vulnerable in ways that we didn't fully understand.
To see an African-American elected president means that this country is really finally coming full circle from the birth defect of slavery.
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.
Human beings are not perfect. Their institutions are not perfect, but they have to keep trying. And America has to help people keep trying.
There are some places that have had real quarrels with the United States' policies, but I think the country is very well-respected worldwide.
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.
Even when you cherish democratic ideals, it is never easy to turn them into effective democratic institutions. This process will take decades.
I think America is still a bright, shining city on the hill - not because we're perfect but because we struggle in our imperfections every day.
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.
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.
[In] the United States, we've always been held together by the belief that it doesn't matter where you came from. It matters where you're going.
I've never really been a workaholic. I work very hard, but I also enjoy playing. I think it's important to have a balanced and well-rounded life.
First, I wanted to answer the question I'm most frequently asked: "How did you become who you are?" Well, you had to know John and Angelena Rice.
I find it odd that suddenly people believe the United States is this Islamophobic country. I think this is the most tolerant country in the world.
I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of politics.
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.
What we're hearing from everyone is that they understand that Saddam Hussein is a threat. They understand that he's been a threat for a long time.
It is a dangerous thing to ask why someone else has been given more. It is humbling - and indeed healthy - to ask why you have been given so much.
That was a sin: to consider yourself victimized or not able to control your destiny or your fate - that was the one cardinal sin in our community.
I play a lot chamber music.As for something that's hard for me to play, before I leave this Earth I'm hoping to play Brahms' Second Piano Concerto.
The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this desire into reality.
Unless we improve our ability to provide a quality education for underprivileged kids, we're not going to really overcome in a massive way our past.
Race is a constant factor in American life. Yet reacting to every incident,real or imagined, is crippling, tiring, and ultimately counterproductive.
I believe that while race-neutral means are preferable, it is appropriate to use race as one factor among others in achieving a diverse student body.
I may not agree with everything, but our President, just like President [George W.] Bush did, is trying to do his best under difficult circumstances.
There is nothing better than being in a classroom with really, really brilliant students, and opening up new worlds to them. That's what I love doing.
I believe that Reverend [Florine] Thompson's hit on something. My parents, I and a lot of my friends growing up in that community had tremendous drive.
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.
I use the word power broadly. Even more important than military and economic power is the power of ideas, the power of compassion, and the power of hope.