Condoleezza Rice Quotes

I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.

I have no doubt that as the Iraqi security forces get better, and they are getting better and they are holding territory and they are doing these things with minimal help, that we are going to be able to bring down the levels of our forces. And I have no doubt that that's going to happen in a reasonable time frame.

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.

And so the administration, I think, has said to the American people that it is a generational commitment to Iraq.

You see, this war came to us, not the other way around.

Senator, I'm happy to continue the discussion, but I really hope that you will not imply that I take the truth lightly.

The United States doesn't and can't condone torture. And I want to make very clear that that's the view and the policy of the administration, the policy of the president, and that he's made very clear to American personnel that we will not condone torture....Senator, under no circumstances should we or have we condoned torture. And the president has been very clear that he expects everyone to live up to our international obligations and to American law.

People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.

Condoleezza Rice: But I don't remember the al‐Qaeda cells as being something that we were told we needed to do something about.
Richard Ben-Veniste: Isn't it a fact, Dr. Rice, that the August 6 PDB [Presidential Daily Briefing] warned against possible attacks in this country? And I ask you whether you recall the title of that PDB?
Condoleezza Rice: I believe the title was, Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States.

We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.

As I was telling my husb— As I was telling President Bush.

...it is a longstanding principle that sitting national security advisers do not testify before the Congress.

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.

"Protests are a part of our democratic heritage and our democratic privilege ... [<nowiki/>US and British efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq] are finally getting those countries to the place that actually people might have the same privilege of protest". The Guardian, 2003-11-15

Punish France, ignore Germany, and forgive Russia.