In my 35 years in the army I was in school for 6 years. I think corporations should take a look at… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We are not dictating. We are not telling them [Saudi Arabia] how they should do it or who they should look like.… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Our model of politics is one that it is inclusive of all members of the society; all should be represented. That is… — 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
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I don't know who all of his advisers are, but I've seen some of the names and some of them are quite… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I think all of the attention of the world, to include the attention of the Arab world, should be on Saddam Hussein… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Generally you should act somewhere between P40 and P70, as I call it. Sometime after you have obtained 40 percent of all… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It remains our policy to change the regime until such time as the regime changes itself. So far, we cannot be sure… — 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
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
I would not presume from this distance, nor would America presume to say who should be the leader of the Iraqi nation. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The burden is on Saddam Hussein. And our policy, our national policy - not the UN policy but our national policy -… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It is not our place to decide who should lead the Iraqi people. If Saddam [Hussein] leaves or has to be forced… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There is a war on terror that must be fought. Nobody's immune... And so rather than finding fault with what Spain has… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I think we can make a contribution to their [Saudi Arabia] thinking as they decide how they should deal with the economic… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We knew that al-Qaida was a threat to our country. We knew that the Clinton administration understood this and was working against… — 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
In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together… — 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
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
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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