Condoleezza Rice said this quote

Power is nothing unless you can turn it into influence.

~ Condoleezza Rice

For 60 years, my country, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of democracy in this region, here in the Middle East, and we achieved neither.

~ Condoleezza Rice

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. That it doesn’t matter where you came from but where you are going.

~ Condoleezza Rice

Foreign policy simply cannot be judged by today's headlines that chalk up victories and defeats like so many box scores in the sports sections.

~ Condoleezza Rice