--- title: "25 Should Quotes By Colin Powell" description: "25 Should quotes by Colin Powell. Plus more from Colin Powell and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/colin-powell-691_democracy_our-model-of-politics-is-one-that-it-is_1207917.jpg" --- > [Our model of politics is one that it is inclusive of all members of the society; all should be represented. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/our-model-of-politics-is-one-that-it-is-inclusive-of-all-members-of/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/adb/colin-powell-691_democracy_our-model-of-politics-is-one-that-it-is_1207917.jpg) > [I have always held the view that decisive force should be used in addressing a military conflict. The reason is simple: Why…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/i-have-always-held-the-view-that-decisive-force-should-be-used-in/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aec/colin-powell-691_conflict_i-have-always-held-the-view-that-decisiv_1084349.jpg) > [You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/you-should-never-be-so-involved-with-your-position-job-that-when-the/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bfa/colin-powell-691_gone_you-should-never-be-so-involved-with-you_3122407.jpg) > [ As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that \[couples\] should be able to get married. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/as-i-ve-thought-about-gay-marriage-i-don-t-see-any-reason-not-to-say/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b9/colin-powell-691_able_as-i-ve-thought-about-gay-marriage-i-don_1110001.jpg) > [Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/every-organization-should-tolerate-rebels-who-tell-the-emperor-he-has/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14a/colin-powell-691_clothes_every-organization-should-tolerate-rebel_2068499.jpg) > [I would not presume from this distance, nor would America presume to say who should be the leader of the Iraqi nation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/i-would-not-presume-from-this-distance-nor-would-america-presume-to/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/901/colin-powell-691_america_i-would-not-presume-from-this-distance-n_2443273.jpg) > [War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/war-should-be-the-politics-of-last-resort-and-when-we-go-to-war-we/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b53/colin-powell-691_last-resort_war-should-be-the-politics-of-last-resor_1030592.jpg) > [In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/in-terms-of-the-legal-matter-of-creating-a-contract-between-two/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59a/colin-powell-691_allowing_in-terms-of-the-legal-matter-of-creating_2775752.jpg) > [War is never a happy solution, but it may be the only solution. We must exhaustively explore other possible solutions before we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/war-is-never-a-happy-solution-but-it-may-be-the-only-solution-we-must/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d4b/colin-powell-691_achieve_war-is-never-a-happy-solution-but-it-may_1477347.jpg) > [We would like to see new leaders come forward who would be accountable and responsible, who would succeed in ending the terror…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/we-would-like-to-see-new-leaders-come-forward-who-would-be/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/colin-powell-691_israel_we-would-like-to-see-new-leaders-come-fo_2399821.jpg) > [I think all of the attention of the world, to include the attention of the Arab world, should be on Saddam Hussein…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/i-think-all-of-the-attention-of-the-world-to-include-the-attention-of/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/691/colin-powell-691_arab-world_i-think-all-of-the-attention-of-the-worl_225952.jpg) > [ We are not dictating. We are not telling them \[Saudi Arabia\] how they should do it or who they should look like.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/we-are-not-dictating-we-are-not-telling-them-saudi-arabia-how-they/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4f/colin-powell-691_arabia_we-are-not-dictating-we-are-not-telling_355851.jpg) > [ I think we can make a contribution to their \[Saudi Arabia\] thinking as they decide how they should deal with the economic… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/i-think-we-can-make-a-contribution-to-their-saudi-arabia-thinking-as/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a64/colin-powell-691_arabia_i-think-we-can-make-a-contribution-to-th_2899966.jpg) > [There is a war on terror that must be fought. Nobody's immune... And so rather than finding fault with what Spain has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/there-is-a-war-on-terror-that-must-be-fought-nobody-s-immune-and-so/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/269/colin-powell-691_aggressive_there-is-a-war-on-terror-that-must-be-fo_2997937.jpg) > [We knew that al-Qaida was a threat to our country. We knew that the Clinton administration understood this and was working against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/we-knew-that-al-qaida-was-a-threat-to-our-country-we-knew-that-the/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/colin-powell-691_administration_we-knew-that-al-qaida-was-a-threat-to-ou_2875657.jpg) > [It remains our policy to change the regime until such time as the regime changes itself. So far, we cannot be sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/it-remains-our-policy-to-change-the-regime-until-such-time-as-the/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce1/colin-powell-691_acting_it-remains-our-policy-to-change-the-regi_1225620.jpg) > [I can't deny that it will be a historic event for an African-American to become president. And should that happen, all Americans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/i-can-t-deny-that-it-will-be-a-historic-event-for-an-african-american/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c3/colin-powell-691_african-american_i-can-t-deny-that-it-will-be-a-historic_1554242.jpg) > [Generally you should act somewhere between P40 and P70, as I call it. Sometime after you have obtained 40 percent of all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/generally-you-should-act-somewhere-between-p40-and-p70-as-i-call-it/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/colin-powell-691_decision_generally-you-should-act-somewhere-betwe_1118722.jpg) > [You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/you-should-see-what-our-founding-fathers-used-to-say-to-each-other/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ea/colin-powell-691_able_you-should-see-what-our-founding-fathers_2012317.jpg) > [What we would be committed to would be a representative government where all the Iraqi people decide who should lead their nation,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/what-we-would-be-committed-to-would-be-a-representative-government/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b8/colin-powell-691_able_what-we-would-be-committed-to-would-be-a_2389723.jpg) > [ It is not our place to decide who should lead the Iraqi people. If Saddam \[Hussein\] leaves or has to be forced… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/it-is-not-our-place-to-decide-who-should-lead-the-iraqi-people-if/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/colin-powell-691_combination_it-is-not-our-place-to-decide-who-should_3213114.jpg) > [The burden is on Saddam Hussein. And our policy, our national policy - not the UN policy but our national policy -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/the-burden-is-on-saddam-hussein-and-our-policy-our-national-policy/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e1/colin-powell-691_burden_the-burden-is-on-saddam-hussein-and-our_2206258.jpg) > [In my 35 years in the army I was in school for 6 years. I think corporations should take a look at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/in-my-35-years-in-the-army-i-was-in-school-for-6-years-i-think/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/colin-powell-691_army_in-my-35-years-in-the-army-i-was-in-scho_1265811.jpg) > [The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/the-purposes-of-the-united-states-should-not-be-doubted-the-security/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14e/colin-powell-691_action_the-purposes-of-the-united-states-should_17565.jpg) > [I don't know who all of his advisers are, but I've seen some of the names and some of them are quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/i-don-t-know-who-all-of-his-advisers-are-but-i-ve-seen-some-of-the/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/colin-powell-691_adviser_i-don-t-know-who-all-of-his-advisers-are_879186.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## More by Colin Powell > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/failure-is-a-part-of-life-and-you-have-to-learn-to-deal-with-it/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/effective-leaders-are-made-not-born-they-learn-from-trial-and-error/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [Decision-making is lonely.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/decision-making-is-lonely/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/the-purposes-of-the-united-states-should-not-be-doubted-the-security/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/i-always-like-to-take-my-time-and-examine-the-two-candidates-see-not/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/we-can-seldom-get-our-children-to-do-what-we-tell-them-but-they/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope that at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/with-respect-to-where-we-are-now-we-have-a-voluntary-army-and-if-we/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/politics-is-not-bean-bags-it-s-serious-tough-stuff/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/there-are-no-secrets-to-success-don-t-waste-time-looking-for-them/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/so-like-any-football-or-basketball-coach-you-always-always-believe/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/we-hope-that-more-assistance-will-be-available-to-the-nations-of-the/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/one-of-the-most-worrisome-things-that-emerges-from-the-thick/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/pissing-people-off-doesn-t-mean-you-re-doing-the-right-things-but/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/the-less-you-associate-with-some-people-the-more-your-life-will/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) > [Be careful what you choose: You may get it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colin-powell/be-careful-what-you-choose-you-may-get-it/) [Colin Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colin-powell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/colin-powell/#itemlist", "name": "25 Should Quotes By Colin Powell", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our model of politics is one that it is inclusive of all members of the society; all should be represented. 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