Karen Hughes Quotes (137 Quotes)


    Unfortunately, you know, working in a spirit of cooperation and respect requires someone else to reach back, and I don't think that's happened and it's been disappointing because the debate in our country has become so rancorous.

    Through this summit, secretary Rice and secretary Spellings and their respective departments want to reach out to college and university presidents to reinforce a common interest in attracting foreign students and scholars to US institutions. Of equal importance is seeking investment in educating globally competitive US students to work in fields of international interest.

    I also go on long walks with my dog, a golden retriever named Breeze - and I work out with weights at a health club a couple of times a week.

    I can't imagine anyone who doesn't think the world is safer without a tyrant who murdered his own people, used weapons of mass destruction against them and flouted the world for so many years.

    foster dialogue between my country and the people of Turkey.


    I think it's very nice that she apologized, but in some ways the apology almost made the comment worse because she seems to have forgotten that being a mother is a real job, ... I think it's just unfortunate to try to disparage women who have made the choice of making their families a priority.

    More than 170 flags will fly on the south lawn of the White House today as a way to visually and symbolically explain that the world is coming together to fight this threat to civilization and to freedom.

    Women owned businesses are contributing over 18 billion to the Canadian economy. There are now over 800,000 women-owned businesses in Canada.

    Now, I can understand if out of conscience you take a principled stand and you would decide that you were so opposed to this that you would actually throw your medals. But to pretend to do so, I think that's very revealing.


    President Bush is a leader who has very strong convictions and also a tremendous heart. He worked to achieve a solution that recognized the tremendous hopes of those who suffer from terrible illnesses and those who long for a cure, as we all do.

    I did not expect, because I visited the Middle East, someone opposed to the war (in Iraq ) would change their mind. That's naive.

    It's offensive to me to suggest that somehow, as I've seen some headlines and some reports do, that people, that Americans weren't helped because they are poor or because of their race. That is anti-American. That is not what our country is about.

    Words of Muslims are important. It's important for people to know that Muslims think that terrorism is the epitome of injustice because it targets innocent people. People need to hear those words, and they're more credible from Muslims themselves.

    Ordinarily, such a presidential session would take weeks of discussion and dozens of e-mails to lock into place. Edward G. Abington Jr., a former State Department official who advises the Palestinian Authority, said he had rarely seen something so unscripted. I chalk it up to her, ... I think it's a reflection of how Hughes had gotten hammered over the Palestinian issue.

    The sheikh pointed out that all divine religions are built on the spirit of love and it is important that all of us work together to fight extremism and terrorism,

    We had a vote on Tuesday that showed Governor Bush won Florida, ... We had a recount that showed Governor Bush has won Florida.

    To ensure that America will remain the center of scientific inquiry and cutting-edge technology, we must find ways to demonstrate America's openness to science, engineering, and technology students even at a time when the competition for those high-achieving students is more intense than ever before.

    We'll create a rapid response unit here at the State Department, it's already in the works, to monitor media and help us more aggressively respond to rumors, inaccuracies and hate speech.

    I doubt there will be any parading through Texas.

    Unlike Vice President Gore, Gov. Bush says what he means and means what he says. He has said all along, for more than a month now, he wants three debates Today our campaign has agreed with the Gore campaign to have three debates.

    The facts are, Governor Bush provides a tax cut for every taxpayer at every income level in every bracket. Vice President Gore completely leaves out more than 50 percent of American taxpayers. More than 50 million people need not apply for one of Al Gore's targeted tax cuts.

    I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.

    We have a common interest in confronting terror and violence and hate and crime that is committed in the name of any religion, and we want to isolate and marginalize those who would seek to kill innocents, ... And frankly, who better to do that than many of our American Muslims themselves, who have friends and family and groups in countries across our world

    It became very clear tonight Kerry has no plans. He has an interminable list of complaints. Complaint after complaint after complaint.

    Well, it really describes what it feels like to be a normal person whose boss and friend suddenly runs for the president, and then becomes the president.

    Vice President Gore has a carefully schooled and trained technique.

    We notice the local media tend to ask more about issues, the national media tend to ask more about process.

    The president always says if you're a mom or a dad, your most important responsibility in life is to be a good mom or dad, and I believe that.

    The President has a wonderful sense of humor, which is one of the reasons it is so much fun to work for him.

    In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that under the Constitution she believed that I could never run for president.

    The Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Dr. Mohammad Sayed Tantawi Saturday condemned the violence and assassination operations carried out by Israeli occupation forces against defenseless Palestinians.

    I'm also working with Mrs. Bush on some education projects in Afghanistan, so I get to see her a great deal.

    Throughout this campaign, he has been very forthcoming with the American people that he made mistakes as a youth, that he did things as a youth that he is not proud of, and he has been very open about that,

    Insisting that I'm not questioning motives ... We do not believe that a manual recount that has no uniform standards can result in a fair and accurate count of votes.

    I would be glad to go back to the United States and talk about the Arab women I've met.

    We wish (Coelho) well and hope his health improves, ... I wonder whether naming a new chairman involves yet another reinvention of the Gore campaign. Which Vice President Gore will campaign next week

    His economic security plan for America can be summed up in one word jobs. He knows it is very important that we act now to stimulate our economy, to get a good energy policy, to expand free trade -- all those policies that help create jobs for American workers.

    Nothing can be considered final until Governor Bush places a phone call to the person he is selecting as his vice presidential nominee, and that has not happened yet,

    It is somewhat perplexing that fellow Republicans would attack a popular conservative governor of a very conservative state whose overwhelming re-election proved a conservative philosophy can erase the gender gap and attract a record number of minority voters while remaining true to conservative principles.

    I can't imagine that I would seek to approach this job and seek to reach out to a wider Muslim audience without first seeking the advice, opinions and input of our American Muslim community.

    I'm wondering which Al Gore that was talking, the one who promised not one unkind word, not one Or was it the one who yesterday called for a serious discussion and then six hours later issued a playground challenge.

    This president has delivered on his promises, and is doing in office what he said he would do, and I think many liberals are just shocked by that.

    It's something that our U. S. government has said a number of times in the past. It's information that was used very widely after his attack on the Kurds. I believe it was close to 300,000, ... That's something I said every day in the course of the campaign. That's information that we talked about a great deal in America.

    The consensus of the world intelligence community was that Saddam was a very dangerous threat.

    People are seeing things that no one likes to see. We've seen criminals try to prey on vulnerable people in the midst of a tragedy, and that's horrible.

    The reason that I choose this meeting, as my first meeting on my first trip to the Middle East is to talk about the courage of this institution, ... I praised Sheik Tantawi for his courage, and he said it is not courage but I did the right thing to speak out against terrorism and extremism.

    During the first debate (the vice president) was asked whether he questioned the governor's experience, and he said 'no.' But apparently now he's trying to hide behind surrogates, which again is not the hallmark of a real leader.

    Islam's moderation and denunciation of violence. He said that Islam condemns the killing of innocent people in Iraq and violation of the Iraqi people's rights.

    And, you know, I watched him in Texas where he stood on his principle but he also reached out to members of the other party to try to work with them, to try to forge agreement where he could in keeping with his conservative principles to make Texas a better place.


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