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Condoleezza Rice on Principles & Values
Secretary of State
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We overcame the birth defect of slavery; we can overcome now
[Today's] challenge is real and the times are hard. But America has met and overcome hard challenges before. Whenever you find yourself a doubting us, just think about all those times that America made impossible seemed inevitable in retrospect. Our
revolutionary founding act as the greatest military power of the time, a civil war, brother against brother, hundreds of thousands dead on both sides, but we emerged a more perfect union. A second founding when inpatient patriots were determined to
overcome the birth defect of slavery and the scourge of segregation. A long struggle against communism with the soviets even--the Soviet Union's collapse and in the aftermath of 9/11, the willingness to take hard,
hard decisions that toward us and prevented the follow on attack that everybody thought preordained.
Source: 2012 Republican National Convention speech
, Aug 29, 2012
American greatness from values of our forefathers
On the AmericansElect.org reform question, Dr. Rice chose 'A' from the list below, with a relative weighting of 4%:Which of the following comes closest to your personal opinion?- A. To make this country great, we should return
to the examples and values of our forefathers
- B. This country is already great, we shouldn't change a thing
- C. To make this country great, we should keep building and adapting for the future
Source: AmericansElect email questionnaire with Condi Rice's staff
, Feb 13, 2012
Played piano as child at church where father was pastor
My father and my grandfather helped organize the First Presbyterian Church of Golden, Colorado, so there was also Sunday school and summer church camp. The young minister they called to the pulpit told me many years later that he and my dad attended a
local Presbyterian meeting where the little daughter of one of the pastors played the piano to entertain the group. She was Condoleezza Rice, whose father, John, was an associate pastor at Montview Presbyterian Church in Denver.
Source: Courage and Consequence, by Karl Rove, p. 5
, Mar 9, 2010
1991: Considered for Senate; but no interest in running
1991: Considered for Senate; but no interest in running
In 1991, US Senator Pete Wilson had become governor of California. Thus he needed to appoint someone to serve out the remainder of his Senate term, and he considered Condi for the job at the prompting of President Bush. But Condi didn't have the
1991: Considered for Senate; but no interest in running
She immediately declined his offer, telling Wilson that she was not interested in running for office. President Bush would not be the last to see political potential in Condi. While in California, Condi was approached to run for governor on two
Source: The Faith of Condoleezza Rice, by L. Montgomery, p.131&149
, Mar 7, 2007
OpEd: Faith & heritage tied in personal passion for God
Condoleezza's impenetrable strength, mysterious balance, and unshakable temperament are all evidence of three defining characteristics--a faith that runs deep in her heritage, a personal passion for God that runs thick through her veins, and moral
convictions that are by-products of both.To know and appreciate the faith of Condoleezza Rice, no matter what your religious preference, you must learn about hers. To understand her passion for peace, you must become personally familiar with the
chaotic state of the nation in which she was born. To fully grasp her heart and what has motivated her to exceed the limited expectations that enslaved both her race and her gender for hundreds of generations before her, you must examine her roots.
To taste the inspiration for democracy that flows like a river from her heart, you must learn what it is that feeds her soul.
Source: The Faith of Condoleezza Rice, by L. Montgomery, p. 15-16
, Mar 7, 2007
Only viable Republican who can beat Hillary
Hillary’s nomination would give the Democrats an undeniable advantage in the general election. The Republicans would have no choice but to respond by nominating a similarly compelling and popular candidate--one who could counteract the certain shift of
women voters to Hillary. And who else could that be but Condi? If Hillary is nominated, she is very, very likely to win, by maximizing her support among women and minorities--easily defeating any conventional white male candidate the Republicans
might send against her. And there is only one viable Republican answer to Hillary’s candidacy: Condoleezza Rice. Were Condi & Hillary to face each other, it would be the next great American presidential race and one of the classic bouts in history.
Hector vs. Achilles. Lee vs. Grant. Ali vs. Frasier. And now, Condi vs. Hillary.
Condi can beat Hillary because her candidacy would strike directly at the three pillars of the Democratic Party’s base: African Americans, Hispanics, and white women.
Source: Condi vs. Hillary, by Dick Morris, p. 5 & 51
, Oct 11, 2005
Doing layoffs at Stanford: “I don’t do committees”
Stanford’s current president, John Hennessy, describes Rice’s moves as painfully necessary. “No one likes layoffs, especially universities, because there are so many interpersonal relationships,” he has said. Rice’s work on the budget “was enormous,” he
adds. “We could have had problems lingering for ten years easily, if it wasn’t addressed in dramatic fashion.”At the time, Rice’s moves were met with heated opposition--and made “more brutal,” according to the LA Times, “by the imperious way she
carried them out.“
Challenged to consult with a faculty committee in deciding which cuts to make, Rice said, ”I don’t do committees.“ She told the financial Times in a 1995 interview, ”I am direct... sometimes someone has to draw a line between
informing, consulting, and deciding.“
In retrospect, it is interesting to note how calm Rice was as she was remaking the university through these cuts. She left no hint of indecision or even pain as she went about evaluating the problem methodically.
Source: Condi vs. Hillary, by Dick Morris, p.113
, Oct 11, 2005
Faith & prayer guide me on difficult matters
My faith isn’t something that I can set outside of anything that I do, because it’s so integral to who I am. Prayer is very important to me and a belief that if you ask for it, you will be guided. Now, that doesn’t mean that I think that God will tell me
what to do on, you know, the Iran nuclear problem. But I do believe very strongly that if you are a prayerful and faithful person, that that is a help in guiding us, as imperfect beings, to have to deal with extremely difficult and consequential matters.
Source: Interview With Washington Times, on www.4condi.com, “Issues”
, Mar 11, 2005
Presbyterian family history led to college and advancement
Granddaddy Rice was a poor farmer’s son in rural Alabama - but he recognized the importance of education. Around 1918, he decided it was time to get book learning, so he asked, in the language of the day, where a colored man could go to college.
He was told about little Stillman College, a school about 50 miles away. So Granddaddy saved his cotton for tuition and went off to Tuscaloosa. After the first year, he ran out of cotton and needed a way to pay for college.
Praise be - God gave him one. Grandfather asked how the other boys were staying in school. “They have what’s called a scholarship,” he was told, “and if you wanted to be a Presbyterian minister, then you could have one, too.”
Granddaddy Rice said, “That’s just what I had in mind.” And my family has been Presbyterian and college-educated ever since. This is not just my grandfather’s story - it is an American story.
Source: Address to the Republican National Convention
, Aug 1, 2000
GOP principles: individuality, family, liberty, strength
Our Party’s principles made me a Republican. The first Republican I knew was my father. He joined our party because the Democrats in Jim Crow Alabama of 1952 would not register him to vote. The Republicans did. I joined for different reasons.
I found a party that sees me as an individual, not as part of a group. I found a party that puts family first. I found a party that has love of liberty at its core. And I found a party that believes that peace begins with strength.
Source: Address to the Republican National Convention
, Aug 1, 2000
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