I would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me, but I'm not anxious to rule it in. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
President Kennedy didn't negotiate out of the Cuban missile crisis simply because he and Khrushchev got along well. Khrushchev didn't have the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I recommended to the president [George Bush] that our focus had to be on al-Qaida, the Taliban and Afghanistan. Those were the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
President's personal staff has a unique role. They're his intimate personal advisers, and the tradition and the precedent has been, even when… — 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
I served 40 years in government, and I'm not looking forward to a position or an assignment. Of course, I have always… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I strongly believe that at this point in America's history, we need a president that will not just continue, even with a… — 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
I can't deny that it will be a historic event for an African-American to become president. And should that happen, all Americans… — 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
President Reagan fueled the spirit of America. His smile, his optimism, his total belief in the ultimate triumph of democracy and freedom,… — 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
You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to… — 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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