We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The country would be a lot better off if we stopped having comment sections. And if we got rid of Twitter. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Well, the correct answer is he is not a Muslim, he’s a Christian. He’s always been a Christian. But the really right… — 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 don't think anyone would disagree with the conclusion that Saddam [Hussein] was a terrible dictator. He had gassed his own people… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I have the deepest regret about 9/11. Sept. 11, 2001, was one of the most difficult days I've ever had. I was… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
This is about Americans getting off the sidelines and getting onto the playing field, .. This is about each and every one… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got… — 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 person who will decide whether or not there will be war or peace is Saddam Hussein, and all he has to… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Baghdad fell on April 9, 2003, Hussein and his regime were brought down, we declared "Mission Accomplished" and celebrated victory . .… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no. That's not America. Is there something wrong with… — 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 can't deny that it will be a historic event for an African-American to become president. And should that happen, all Americans… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Ladies and gentlemen, these are not assertions. These are facts, corroborated by many sources, some of them sources of the intelligence services… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is "no." That's not America. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It is not our place to decide who should lead the Iraqi people. If Saddam [Hussein] leaves or has to be forced… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We knew that al-Qaida was a threat to our country. We knew that the Clinton administration understood this and was working against… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I would caution my Republican friends that [Obama has] three years to go, and in that three years the American people are… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I worked with the Nato Military Committee. The Head of the Luxembourg Armed Forces had equal standing with me, and I had… — 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
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 Image
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — 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 peace and… — 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 will bring… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us. — 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 that at… — 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 failure, loyalty… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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