All Colin Powell Quotes
- The United States-Israeli relationship is based on the broadest conception of American national interest in which our two nations are bound forever together by common… American
- I am confident that we will find evidence that makes it clear he had weapons of mass destruction. Clear
- Our senior officers knew the war was going badly. Yet they bowed to groupthink pressure and kept up pretenses. ...Many of my generation, the career… Acquiesce
- The long bitter years of the Cold War are over. America and her allies have won; totally, decisively, and overwhelmingly....So thank you SAC. Job well… Allies
- But you have to understand, American democracy is not like the system you have. We're not an ocean liner that sails across the ocean from… Across
- Policies that emanate from ivory towers often have an adverse impact on the people out in the field who are fighting the wars or bringing… Adverse
- I don't know who all of his advisers are, but I've seen some of the names and some of them are quite far to the… Advisers
- A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass. Bad
- Let me blow that up for you again. Blow
- Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists. And the real reason a considerable portion of my party wants President Obama out… Candid
- Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and… Bad
- Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes Clothes
- President Reagan fueled the spirit of America. His smile, his optimism, his total belief in the ultimate triumph of democracy and freedom, and his willingness… Act
- This is about Americans getting off the sidelines and getting onto the playing field, .. This is about each and every one of us who… All
- At the same time I think it is absolutely necessary that there be no confusion, no misunderstanding that if the Iraqis.. do not comply, then… Absolutely
- The United States presents a value system to the world that is based on democracy, based on economic freedom, based on individual rights for men… Americans
- The president's personal staff has a unique role Personal
- A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. Become Reality
- There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. Business
- Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence… Bringing
- Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it. Business
- Get mad, then get over it. Anger
- Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. Black
- Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand. Almost Always
- But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making… African American