Condoleezza Rice Quotes

We are succeeding in Iraq. Thank you, America.

We are succeeding in Iraq. It's a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding.

Before the trip began we mapped out three primary goals: 1) to see and meet with our American troops, and thank them for their bravery and sacrifice; 2) to assess the security situation in Iraq; and 3) to give our support to Iraq's national unity government.

The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War.

The partnership between the United States and Egypt is crucial to both countries, and it can't be predicated on political manipulation and threats of withholding aid.

I still agree with the invasion of Iraq. I don't agree with most of the decisions that accompanied it.

As we continue to make great progress in the war on terror, now more than ever, it is important that members of the international community stand-by and bolster the efforts of the emerging diplomatic leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan.

In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.

Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there.

Canada is preparing to play a major role in the continued stability and security of Afghanistan through ISAF.

We are not going to abandon Iraq.

I believe very deeply in the proposition that what we did in Iraq was the right thing to do. It was hard to do. It took a long time. There were significant costs involved.

Listen, we’re making good progress in Iraq. Sometimes its hard to tell it when you listen to the filter.

America’s war in Afghanistan will come to a responsible end.

The U.S. government understands the importance of Nigeria in Africa and the world at large.

Involvement in Afghanistan, I thought, was totally warranted. We were attacked, we attacked back, but after six months of being in Afghanistan, I thought we had pretty well effectively wiped out al Qaeda.

We must continue, however, to send a strong message of resolve to the people of Iraq, to our troops, to our coalition partners, and to the rest of the world that we, the United States of America, will stay the course and get the job done.

[Referring to El Salvador:] The economy can't really grow without first resolving the [civil] war. But the war can't be resolved without first fixing the economy.

Rebuilding Iraq will require sustained commitment from many nations, including our own: we will remain in Iraq as long as necessary, and not a day more.

Foreign aid ... has never been popular with the American people, but every President has regarded it as essential.

The United States will stand by South Vietnam's President Ngo Dinh Diem until we win.

The fundamental question for the United States is how it can cooperate to help meet the basic needs of the people of the hemisphere despite the philosophical disagreements it may have with the nature of particular regimes. It must seek pragmatic ways to help people without necessarily embracing their governments.

The Pentagon has expended stupendous sums. Yet when it comes to promised results—–disorder curbed, democracy promoted, human rights advanced, terrorism suppressed—–the United States has precious little to show.

When Britain and the U.S. invaded Iraq, it was with the reasonable expectation that it was going to increase the threat of terror, as it has.

To bring about a permanent peace in Syria, the southern part of the country must be protected.