Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I'm not active in politics. I vote as a citizen. And if somebody cares to know what my opinion is at the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I have always gone through public life and saying that with respect to political candidates, I always measure each candidate against what… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I understand that and I have had very candid discussions with Saudi leaders in the past. I respect their culture and their… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There are no secrets to success: don't waste time looking for them, success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
As I have done in every election since I started voting so many years ago, I always like to take my time… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In the military, we are also taught to only use one third of the available decision-making time, so that our subordinates have… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We believe, from everything we have been told by the intelligence community, by 12 years of history with Iraq, by the experience… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
At the same time I think it is absolutely necessary that there be no confusion, no misunderstanding that if the Iraqis.. do… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Generally you should act somewhere between P40 and P70, as I call it. Sometime after you have obtained 40 percent of all… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Each of us must work to become a hardheaded realist, or else we risk wasting our time and energy on pursuing impossible… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I can think of nothing that Saddam Hussein can do diplomatically (to avoid war). I think that time is now over. He's… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
What we have to find is the right level of regulation of our financial system so that it has the incentive to… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle… — Colin Powell Copy Share
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — Colin Powell Copy Share
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and… — Colin Powell Copy Share
I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring… — Colin Powell Copy Share
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us. — Colin Powell Copy Share
With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope that at… — Colin Powell Copy Share
There are no secrets to success: don't waste time looking for them, success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty… — Colin Powell Copy Share
So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. — Colin Powell Copy Share
We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed… — Colin Powell Copy Share
One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile… — Colin Powell Copy Share
Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off. — Colin Powell Copy Share
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.… — Colin Powell Copy Share
