"I don't know who all of his advisers……" — Colin Powell
"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 right. And sometimes they might be in a position to make judgments or recommendations to the candidate that should get a second thought."
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190 Quotes by Colin Powell
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Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power…
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I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.
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You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.
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We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things…
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Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future
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The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
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Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of…
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When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or…
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Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty,…
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We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as…
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I can think of nothing that Saddam Hussein can do diplomatically (to avoid war). I think that time is now…
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My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it…
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More Advisers Quotes
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A monarch frequently represents his subjects better that an elected assembly; and if he is a good judge of character…
— William Ralph Inge
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The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but…
— Phillips Brooks
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I'm old enough to remember John Kennedy sending a few advisers into Vietnam. I'm very worried we'll get in and…
— Jim McDermott
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You need to be surrounded by good advisers, but you also need to trust your instinct.
— Chris Hughes
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If you will believe me, you who are young, yours is the golden season of life. As you have heard…
— Thomas Carlyle
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If economists were good at business, they would be rich men instead of advisers to rich men.
— Kirk Kerkorian
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I dont think that unless a greater effort is made by the Government to win popular support that the war…
— John F. Kennedy
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There must be no majority decisions, but only responsible persons, and the word 'council' must be restored to its original…
— Adolf Hitler
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A major announcement. Events are moving fast in my campaign, and yes, it's true that this morning I've dismissed my…
— John McCain
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And I agree that the Democratic legislators in Massachusetts might have given some advice to Republicans in Congress about how…
— Barack Obama
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President Bush deliberately did not apologize for things and that’s because advisers around him, including those there, felt that the…
— David Gregory
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I am under obligations to most of those advisers for the pains and interest they took in my case; but…
— William Banting
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