It is not the role of the United States to dictate change, but to enter into discussions with our friends. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The United States is still seen as the leader at the world that wants to be free. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I recommended to the president [George Bush] that our focus had to be on al-Qaida, the Taliban and Afghanistan. Those were the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The United States-Israeli relationship is based on the broadest conception of American national interest in which our two nations are bound forever… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It was not the United States who invaded Kuwait; it was Iraq. It was not the United States that went to war… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It was President [Bill] Clinton and the United States congress in 1998 which said that the regime has to be changed because… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It is the fault of the United States that these terrible people, these insurgents and terrorists are out there. They are the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Nobody has ever said in the United States government that we are going to war next month. No decision has been made… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The United States presents a value system to the world that is based on democracy, based on economic freedom, based on individual… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The United States has every intention of continuing to do the kind of reconnaissance and surveillance work we have done for decades,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The United States is looking at a way to launch peace with a disarmed Iraq. And so we are studying the declaration… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It is the US government's desire for the Iraqi people to lead themselves, not for any outside power to be the leadership… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I'll tell you what they're all going to face, whichever one of them becomes president on January 21st of 2009. They will… — 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
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