Condoleezza Rice Quotes

• "I believe the title was 'Bin Laden Determined To Attack Inside the United States."
• "Punish France, ignore Germany, and forgive Russia."
• "The problem here is that there will always be some uncertainty about how quickly Saddam can acquire nuclear weapons. But we don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud."
• "We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war."
• "We need a common enemy to unite us."
• "I do think people have suggested that it would be a good thing if the reporting were accurate on Al-Jazeera and if it were not slanted in ways that appear to be at times just purely inaccurate."
• "The United States does have, in fact, productive relations with Russia."
• "Everyone wants Russia to be a prosperous, democratic state that is fully integrated."
• "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."
• "These terrorists attacked without warning on 11 September 2001. They have attacked in Madrid, in Jakarta, in Morocco."
• "There have been plenty of markers that show that this [Iraq] is a country that is worth the investment, because once it emerges as a country that is a stabilising factor, you will have a very different kind of Middle East."