Quotes by Susan Rice

About Susan Rice:

Susan Elizabeth Rice is the United States National Security Advisor. Rice is a former U.S. diplomat, former Brookings Institution fellow, and former United States Ambassador to the United Nations. Rice served on the staff of the National Security Council, and as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during President Bill Clinton's second term. Rice was confirmed as UN ambassador by the U.S. Senate by unanimous consent on January 22, 2009.
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We've seen violent responses to 'Satanic Verses.' We've seen violent responses to the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in an evil way.

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I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.

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Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better.

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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.

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Americans are hungry for change both at home and in our relations with the rest of the world.

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Well, I think by any expectation South Africa has come a tremendously long way. We've seen a society that many people thought couldn't withstand a peaceful transition to democracy without a great deal of violence, in fact, make that transition and do...

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If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sure those Americans who have suffered as a consequence of past agreements have an effective social safety net, adjustment assistance, opportunities for ...

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As Prime Minister Netanyahu and Defense Minister Barak have repeatedly said, the intelligence and security relationship between the United States and Israel at present is unprecedented. It has never been stronger.

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I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.

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What I learned is that policymakers have to force consideration of actions that may not have occurred to them at the time.

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My kids have been incredibly supportive of the work that I do. They understand why it matters.

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Legislation that would withhold funding for the United Nations is fundamentally flawed in concept and practice, sets us back, is self-defeating, and doesn't work.

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For the United States to recommit itself to the obligation that we undertook in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that many other states undertook, which was to work towards disarmament and the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons, is something...

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Author Bio

  • NameSusan Rice
  • DescriptionUnited States Ambassador to the United Nations
  • BornNovember 17, 1964
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionDiplomat; Politician