"The commander in the field is always right……" — Colin Powell
"The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise."
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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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People think that coaches are always right, but it's difficult to teach a runner how to run, because every runner…
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From a worldly point of view, there is no mistake so great as that of being always right.
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No one in the world can take the place of your mother. Right or wrong, from her viewpoint you are…
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We call the one side [of humanity] religion, and we call the other science. Religion is always right. ... Science…
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Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right.
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Right or wrong, the customer is always right.
— Marshall Field
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What your heart thinks is great, is great. The soul's emphasis is always right.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Makes you wonder if the gods are always right.
— Janet Morris
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In this world, the optimists have it, not because they are always right, but because they are positive. Even when…
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Everything in this world happens for a reason yet nothing in this world comes free. Hard work, endurance, determination, persistence,…
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The intellectual's hostility to the businessman presents no mystery, as the two have, by function, wholly different standards. While the…
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The boss isn't always right, but he is the boss.
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