One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We want to approach this in a multilateral way, talking with our friends, consulting with our security council colleagues in the United… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, it turned out to be not exactly as… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The claims made about Iraq's WMD capabilities before the invasion were inaccurate, wrong, and in some cases, deliberately misleading. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Change of regime with respect to Iraq had nothing to do with this; it had everything to do with the fact that… — 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
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
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
I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just… — 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
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
I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I was not sure we had enough troops.… — 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
The president's military advisers felt that the size of the force was adequate, they may still feel that years later. Some of… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
With respect to our friends in the [Iraq] region, each has its own system, each will have to make its own judgment… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There is no question about the fact that we had very serious disagreements with my German, French, and Russian colleagues over the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We need stable regimes in this part of the world [the Mideast] who will be partners and friends of ours, because the… — 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
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
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
So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad?... I… — 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