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
All nations that are civilized and do not accept this kind of action as representing any sort of legitimate political cause are… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
One of the fondest expressions around is that we can't be the world's policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We are rather candid with them about the nature of their political processes and the state of development of their institutions, but… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
War is never a happy solution, but it may be the only solution. We must exhaustively explore other possible solutions before we… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You're not just voting for an individual, in my judgment, you're voting for an agenda. You're voting for a platform. You're voting… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I think that military, corporate, and non-political organizations are pretty much similar. — 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
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
