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
We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Service-learning is a particularly fertile way of involving young people in community service, because it ties helping others to what they are… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Never receive counsel from unproductive people. Never discuss your problems with someone incapable of contributing to the solution, because those who never… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Even though the numbers are down with respect to favorability ratings, at every embassy and consular office tomorrow morning that we have,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The great leaders that I have worked with are people who have a good sense of empathy with other people. They can… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I'm going to be bringing people into the public diplomacy function of the department who are going to change from just selling… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The bottom line in all of it is that, in life, it's all about people. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don't mean necessarily "buddy-buddy", just show kindness and consideration. Show that… — 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
There is no suggestion of regime change; quite the contrary, this is an initiative to help people and to help governments who… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
What we would be committed to would be a representative government where all the Iraqi people decide who should lead their nation,… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We would like to see new leaders come forward who would be accountable and responsible, who would succeed in ending the terror… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I think the American people want to see what we want to see, and that is for the Iraqi people to have… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Our senior officers knew the war was going badly. Yet they bowed to groupthink pressure and kept up pretenses. ...Many of my… — 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
What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're directing their unhappiness now toward… — 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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