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
This is something else that is drilled into us in the military: Make sure you know who your replacement is, in case… — 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
One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I have always held the view that decisive force should be used in addressing a military conflict. The reason is simple: Why… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We view Egypt as a good friend of America. We are in constant touch with them. We provide them economic and military… — 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
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
My two Jamaican cousins ... were studying engineering. 'That's where the money is,' Mom advised. ... I was to be an engineering… — 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
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
We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows. — 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
It's not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It's who they have coming with them. I always keep… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I think that military, corporate, and non-political organizations are pretty much similar. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In the military we also learn principles of war which also work in a corporate setting: How do you concentrate as much… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In the military we are always looking for ways to leverage up our forces. Having greater communications and command and control over… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Only when you have got a clear statement of what you want to achieve, do you ask yourself how you are going… — 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
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
In the army we are drilled into execution and then supervision, to make sure everything goes the way you planned it. But… — 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
