"The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things."
-Condoleezza Rice
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"My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.“
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"My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones."
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"We know that there are unaccounted-for Scud and other ballistic missiles in Iraq. And part of the problem is that, since 1998, there has been no way to even get minimal information about those programs except through intelligence means."
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"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."
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"Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance."
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"I talked about the need for American leadership, I talked about the importance of the United States to a more peaceful world, a world that has been quite turbulent in recent years, and needs a strong American anchor."
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"Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not."
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"Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women."
-Gordon B. Hinckley
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"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart."
-H. L. Mencken
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"Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be."
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"I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world."
-Georges Duhamel
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"Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"
-Confucius
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