Susan Rice
Change doesn't happen with people sitting on their behinds, getting lazy.Collection: People
I think people have confidence that I will fairly and accurately represent their point of view to the President, and that I'm not going to put a spin on it, even if I may disagree with it.Collection: Thinking
It is manifestly in the interest of the United States to deal with the very real threat that climate change poses. And that's why President Obama has worked so hard to reduce our own emissions and to lead internationally in forging the Paris climate agreement.Collection: Real
I'm sort of in this rhythm where we want to make the most of the time we have, but when it's done it will be time for it to be done.Collection: Done
We can't let others judge information for us.Collection: Judging
I don't have time to think about the false controversy.Collection: Thinking
Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.Collection: Israel
When my son was a mere three months old, I started working at the State Department. I was not only the youngest Assistant Secretary of State but I was also a breastfeeding mother. I'm the first to admit that this felt crazy at times, and the balancing act is never ever easy. But my two kids are the most wonderful things that have ever happened to me.Collection: Mother
There is not an inherent contradiction between a Ukraine that has longstanding historic and cultural ties to Russia, and a modern Ukraine that wants to integrate more closely with Europe.Collection: Reality
Iran's arms exports to the murderous Assad regime in Syria are of particular concern. As the Panel of Experts has concluded, Syria is now the central party to illicit Iranian arms transfers.Collection: Party
There was a hateful video that was disseminated on the Internet. It had nothing to do with the United States government, and it's one that we find disgusting and reprehensible. It's been offensive to many, many people around the world. That sparked violence in various parts of the world, including violence directed against Western facilities including our embassies and consulates.Collection: Government
Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.Collection: Democracy
If you're trying to get something done, there will always be people who don't want to see you get something done, or who have a stake in the status quo. And if they approach that through ad hominem criticism of you, you've got to have enough confidence and thickness of skin to be able to endure.Collection: People
Peace, prosperity, and democracy cannot endure if imposed from the outside. We should cease to make false distinctions between peacekeeping and prevention; they are in fact inextricably linked.Collection: Democracy
The Russians are clearly already engaged in a proxy war against the government of Ukraine. And that is something that we and the rest of the world have actively condemned and sanctioned Russia already heavily for, particularly the United States, as we have imposed now meaningful, tough sanctions in critical sectors, including the defense sector, the financial sector, and the energy sector.Collection: Meaningful
Syria is a civil war. Syria began as a popular uprising, just like the other experiences in the Arab Spring, with a repressive government that responded by basically killing the protesters. It's not a genocide, it's a war, and there's a difference. Genocide is a preplanned attack on people because of who they are. This is a interstate conflict.Collection: Spring
We have been very clear that Israel has an undeniable right to self-defense and that the rockets that it has faced coming out of Gaza incessantly, the tunnels that are legion and are being used to infiltrate into Israel are very legitimate security concerns, for which they have an obligation - against which they have an obligation to act.Collection: Legion
The United States of America is the leading power in the world. Our friends and our adversaries respect us in large measure because they know that we are steady. We are fact-based. We are serious.Collection: America
We have some straight journalism, but then we have opinion and perspective. And I think a lot of people, especially young people, don't know how to tell the difference, and aren't motivated to tell the difference.Collection: Thinking
The notion that I had become a political lightning rod was painful for me to experience.Collection: Political
I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interestsCollection: Country
We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the US has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by on half-measures in Afghanistan and Pakistan and not risk suffering the consequences.Collection: Luxury
I was very happy in my job at the United Nations.Collection: Jobs
Thirty years ago, about 80% of a company's assets resided in its plant and equipment, with 20% in the knowledge of its people. Today, the reverse is true. The knowledge of our staff is our principal assetCollection: Happy
I may not be able to work for anybody else again. I may just have to work for myself.Collection: May
We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.Collection: America
It may not be what you would've chosen, but we all have a responsibility to be active citizens and shape our system and our future.Collection: Responsibility
I have great ambitions for when I get out of government. I will watch a broader range of stuff.Collection: Ambition
We know that weapons, heavy weapons continue to flow across the border from Russia into Ukraine. And we have now, in recent days, indications that Russians - Russian military units themselves have, on occasion, fired into Ukraine.Collection: Military
I am blunt when I want to be.Collection: Want
I'm not watching any TV shows, frankly.Collection: Tv Shows
I do leisure reading but I don't get to do it like, at one in the morning. When I getting up at six in the morning, so I do most of my leisure reading on vacation and on airplanes and that sort of stuff.Collection: Morning
It's in our interest to continue with the Paris Agreement and to deal with climate change as the real threat it actually is.Collection: Real
President Obama has got the most moderate temperament.Collection: President
Since I've had a career, my hair has been more or less professional.Collection: Hair
I don't get drunk, I get a little happy on rare occasion, and I'm probably dancing if I'm that happy.Collection: Drunk
I think it's very, very important that in foreign policy and national security decision making, as in any other realm, that there be a range of diversity that reflects the full complexity of America. We should draw on those experiences to inform our decision making.Collection: Thinking
President Obama is an extraordinary person to work with and for.Collection: Extraordinary Person
The notion that -- which some people are trying to suggest, that by asking for the identity of an American person, that is the same as leaking it, is completely false. There's no equivalence between so-called unmasking and leaking.Collection: People
The United States really only accounts for about 3 percent of the economic engagement with Russia. Europe is 40 percent, and so Europe's contribution to this pressure is far more than symbolic. It's very practical. And that's one of the many reasons why we have worked hard to remain in close coordination with our European partners.Collection: Reason
The problem is, Hamas is using force to try to extort progress on its political objectives.Collection: Political
There are no cookie-cutter solutions that you can apply from one circumstance to another. They're different. Our interests, as implicated, are different. The tools we have at our disposal are different.Collection: Different
We also have begun to assess with the Ukrainians the scope of their larger security assistance requirements. We have had teams out making that assessment with the Ukrainians. And we have already provided various forms of equipment and support to Ukraine.Collection: Team
I was working with a number of African heads of state. And after their initial surprise, I think many of them just treated me as they would anybody else. They had to deal with me as a representative of the United States of America, and the United States of America was too important to be dismissed or ignored on any grounds.Collection: Thinking
The youth thing never really, from my vantage point, slowed me down. I think the harder audience for me to gain acceptance from was the career diplomatic corps that worked with and for me in the Africa Bureau.Collection: Acceptance
Nobody's tried to touch my hair in like, in decades.Collection: Hair
Governing is different than campaigning, and that comes with a whole different level of responsibility.Collection: Responsibility
Can I be blunt? Yes. Can I be diplomatic? Yes. Can I concoct a mixture of vinegar and honey when the circumstances warrant? Yes.Collection: Mixtures
I have a range, and I'd much rather do things the nice way than the hard way, but sometimes you have to use all the tools at your disposal.Collection: Nice