America Quote by Adrian Lester

I thought Colin Powell did a fine job as secretary of state.

— George W. Bush

“But there was a more recent author and public figure whose work spoke to the core of a new set of issues I was…

— Anonymous

A general is just as good or just as bad as the troops under his command make him.

— Douglas MacArthur

General Colin Powell shocked a lot of people in Washington by speaking out against President Bush's policies, saying that the world is beginning to…

— Jay Leno

“It is often written that, during his presidency, the General was not a politician. Of course, he was a great politician in large part…

— John Ripin Miller

“Do you want to know what General Putnam is thinking? It’s this. He’s thinking that he can’t win the war if he doesn’t keep…

— James Lincoln Collier

Lieutenant General Michael Flynn would fit into that broader pattern.

— Lawrence O'Donnell

General Mike Flynn obviously was dealing with Russia. So that's one person. But he was dealing, as he should have been.

— Donald Trump

“Iraq had forced massive changes to the Army's equipment, training, and strategy. But the most important legacy of the war had been cultural. The…

— David Cloud

Colin Powell speaks regularly to high-ranking U.S. officials, he knows a lot about what's going on in the government. And so he's a powerful…

— Glenn Greenwald

Nothing so comforts the military mind as the maxim of a great but dead general.

— Anonymous

If our most highly qualified General Staff officers had been told to work out the most nonsensical high level organization for war which they…

— Claus von Stauffenberg