"The root cause of poverty is social injustice……" — Colin Powell
"The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it"
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190 Quotes by Colin Powell
Colin Powell has 190 quotes on this site.
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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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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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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. I am talking about a gung-ho attitude that says 'we can change things here,…
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More Abet Quotes
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one of 17 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each…
— Annie Dillard
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In view of the fourteen incidents of sabotage and infiltration perpetrated in the past month alone, Israel may have no…
— Levi Eshkol
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To be well used, creatures and places must be used sympathetically, just as they must be known sympathetically to be…
— Wendell Berry
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We are here to abet creation and to witness to it, to notice each other's beautiful face and complex nature…
— Annie Dillard
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Casual reliance on unnamed sources...corrodes our credibility and, in cases that are rare but not rare enough, may abet journalistic…
— Bill Keller
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To salvage a society, it is necessary to aid, abet, raise and increase that state of mind. If you were…
— L. Ron Hubbard
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At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure,…
— Gordon Parks
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If we offer too much silent assent about mysticism and superstition - even when it seems to be doing a…
— Carl Sagan
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The widespread availability of information is the only basis for effective day-to-day problem solving, which abets continuous improvement programs.
— Tom Peters
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I don't judge people. I don't even judge people on 'The Voice.' I'm a coach. I'm there for constructive criticism…
— Cee Lo Green
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No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and…
— Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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We are here to witness the creation and to abet it.
— Annie Dillard
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