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
No war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS pandemic. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You have to make sure you know why you are going to war and then use decisive force to end it as… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There's not going to be a World War III, because there is no one to have World War III with. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The long bitter years of the Cold War are over. America and her allies have won; totally, decisively, and overwhelmingly…So thank you… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In the army, all combat officers are taught the "Estimate of the Situation": When you are faced with a problem - take… — 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… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
You have to comply, you have to obey - or you'd better resign and leave. But that is also the mark of… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I was not sure we had enough troops.… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I can think of nothing that Saddam Hussein can do diplomatically (to avoid war). I think that time is now over. He's… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Throughout my career, I learned plenty about war on the battlefield, but I learned even more about the importance of finding peace.… — 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
We now believe it is appropriate for Saddam Hussein to be forced to change, either by the threat of war, and therefore… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The person who will decide whether or not there will be war or peace is Saddam Hussein, and all he has to… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Terrorism threat is serious, and not just to American interests. The assaults in Russia against two airliners, bringing them out of the… — 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
It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself. — 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
Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Russia isn't going to start a war. They can't afford it. I think Mr. Putin can be dealt with if we stop… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There is no question about the fact that we had very serious disagreements with my German, French, and Russian colleagues over the… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
It was not the United States who invaded Kuwait; it was Iraq. It was not the United States that went to war… — 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
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
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
In the military we also learn principles of war which also work in a corporate setting: How do you concentrate as much… — 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
No one has done more to prevent conflict - no one has made a greater sacrifice for the cause for Peace -… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
“Officers have been trying for hundreds of years to outsmart soldiers and have still not learned that it cannot be done. We… — 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 have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go 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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