He (Saddam Hussein) has not developed any significant capability with respect to weapons of mass destruction. He is unable to project conventional… — 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
I think all of the attention of the world, to include the attention of the Arab world, should be on Saddam Hussein… — 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
Our failure was that our intelligence community thought [Saddam Hussein ] had stockpiled weapons of mass destruction. That was a mistake. There… — 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
We now believe it is appropriate for Saddam Hussein to be forced to change, either by the threat of war, and therefore… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There's no doubt in my mind, though, that the Iraqi people would be better off with a different leader who did not… — 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
It remains our policy to change the regime until such time as the regime changes itself. So far, we cannot be sure… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The burden is on Saddam Hussein. And our policy, our national policy - not the UN policy but our national policy -… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We are not sure to what extent Saddam's [Hussein ] own people were conveying an incorrect picture to him. But this body… — 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
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
The information that the intelligence people used was a combination of satellite information, signals intelligence, and human intelligence. We are not sure… — 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
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
![“It was President [Bill] Clinton and the United States congress in 1998 which said that the regime has to be changed because the regime would not give up its weapons of mass destruction. We came into office in 2001 and kept that policy because Saddam Hussein had not changed.” quote by Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/86f/colin-powell-691_bills_it-was-president-bill-clinton-and-the-un_651017.jpg)
![“Our failure was that our intelligence community thought [Saddam Hussein ] had stockpiled weapons of mass destruction. That was a mistake. There is fallibility in human intelligence and in human decisions.” quote by Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/664/colin-powell-691_community_our-failure-was-that-our-intelligence-co_604086.jpg)
![“It remains our policy to change the regime until such time as the regime changes itself. So far, we cannot be sure that he is cooperating or he [Saddam Hussein] is acting in a way that could give us comfort, or should give the international community comfort, that he is giving up his weapons of…” quote by Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ce1/colin-powell-691_acting_it-remains-our-policy-to-change-the-regi_1225620.jpg)
![“We are not sure to what extent Saddam's [Hussein ] own people were conveying an incorrect picture to him. But this body of evidence was believed not only by President George W. Bush. President Bill Clinton used that same body of intelligence before bombing Iraq in 1998.” quote by Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cf6/colin-powell-691_bills_we-are-not-sure-to-what-extent-saddam-s_2612157.jpg)
![“It is not our place to decide who should lead the Iraqi people. If Saddam [Hussein] leaves or has to be forced out of power and a new regime brought in, a new leadership brought in, I am confident it will be some combination of people inside the country and outside the country.” quote by Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/390/colin-powell-691_combination_it-is-not-our-place-to-decide-who-should_3213114.jpg)
![“I don't think anyone would disagree with the conclusion that Saddam [Hussein] was a terrible dictator. He had gassed his own people and his neighbors. He had killed thousands of people, and he had started a couple of wars and destroyed his country.” quote by Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4e4/colin-powell-691_conclusion_i-don-t-think-anyone-would-disagree-with_2337363.jpg)
![“The information that the intelligence people used was a combination of satellite information, signals intelligence, and human intelligence. We are not sure to what extent Saddam [Hussein] was trying to convey an incorrect picture to us.” quote by Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6de/colin-powell-691_combination_the-information-that-the-intelligence-pe_3021709.jpg)
