"And on a personal note– a little girl grows up in Jim Crow Birmingham – the most segregated big city in America - her parents can’t take her to a movie theater or a restaurant – but they make her believe that even though she can’t have a hamburger at the Woolworth’s lunch counter – she can be President of the United States and she becomes the Secretary of State. Yes, America has a way of making the impossible seem inevitable in retrospect. But of course it has never been inevitable – it has taken leadership, courage and an unwavering faith in our values."
--excerpt from former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice's speech at the GOP 2012 Convention
Wow. Pretty powerful stuff.
I adore her. May not agree on all her positions, but adore her.
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