Susan Rice Quotes & Sayings

Once you've learned to study in a bathing suit on the grass with muscled men throwing frisbees over your head, you can accomplish almost anything. — Susan Rice

Iran's economy is now shrinking by 1 percent a year. Its oil production is down 40 percent. — Susan Rice

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 retraining and new job creation that enables all Americans to thrive. — Susan Rice

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

South Africa's increasingly, for example, the largest foreign investor in various other parts of Africa. — Susan Rice

I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me. — Susan Rice

The kids are Job One. So, to be quite candid, if they need me, I do my utmost to make sure I'm there. — Susan Rice

Our bottom line, if you want to call it a red line, president's bottom line has been that Iran will not acquire a nuclear weapon and we will take no option off the table to ensure that it does not acquire a nuclear weapon, including the military option. — Susan Rice

If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it. — Susan Rice

I am a team player - and that is what you need to be an effective point guard. You gotta see the court, you gotta set up the play, and you gotta let others execute for the most part. I don't throw elbows for the sake of throwing elbows, but if somebody throws one at me and it's necessary to respond in kind, I suppose I can if I have to. — Susan Rice

Well, Nigeria has played a constructive role in peacekeeping in various parts of West Africa. But unless and until Nigeria itself is democratic and respects human rights, it too may well be a source of much greater instability as political repression limits the ability of the people of Nigeria to achieve their full potential. — Susan Rice

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

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 that manifestly serves our national security interests. — Susan Rice

One can't erase the tremendous burden of apartheid in 10 years, 20 years, I believe, even 30 years. — Susan Rice

We've seen violent responses to 'Satanic Verses.' We've seen violent responses to the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in an evil way. — Susan Rice

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 it in relative peace and security. — Susan Rice

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

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

Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love. — Susan Rice

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. — Susan Rice

The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk. — Susan Rice

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

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. — Susan Rice

We must be honest in acknowledging that neither Germany nor the U.S. has the luxury of assuming that we can skate by on half-measures in Afghanistan and Pakistan and not risk suffering the consequences. — Susan Rice

Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything. — Susan Rice

The United States share of the African market it's very small, it's only about 8 percent. — Susan Rice

The U.S. cannot go it alone simply when it is convenient. — Susan Rice

Americans understand that our security is enhanced when the United States is trusted and respected in the world. — Susan Rice

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests — Susan Rice

I don't have time to think about the false controversy, — Susan Rice

Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria. — Susan Rice

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 asset — Susan Rice

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

I am very aware of being black and female because that's what I am. — Susan Rice

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent. — Susan Rice

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. — Susan Rice

In this day and age, the U.S. and Europe do not have the luxury of focusing solely on a single region. — Susan Rice

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. — Susan Rice

We are safer if there are not nuclear arsenals around the planet that can be utilized, stolen, sold to terrorists and others who would do harm. — Susan Rice

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. — Susan Rice

I spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed. — Susan Rice

I am a direct person. — Susan Rice

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. — Susan Rice