QUOTES by Colin Powell
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Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.
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We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.
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People have asked me, 'What would you have done if you hadn't gone into the Army?' I'd say I'd probably be a bus driver. I don't know.
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There's not going to be a World War III, because there is no one to have World War III with.
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Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.
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The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.
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Drones are just another weapon, and they turn out to be a very effective weapon that puts no American troops at risk, and I don't see why we shouldn't use them against identified enemy targets.
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It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.
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Our diplomacy and development budget is not just about reducing spending and finding efficiencies. We need a frank conversation about what we stand for as that 'shining city on a hill.' And that conversation begins by acknowledging that we can't do it on the cheap.
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War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.
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Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind.
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My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.
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Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'
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Indeed, we're strongest when the face of America isn't only a soldier carrying a gun but also a diplomat negotiating peace, a Peace Corps volunteer bringing clean water to a village, or a relief worker stepping off a cargo plane as floodwaters rise.
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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 the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.
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Throughout my career, I learned plenty about war on the battlefield, but I learned even more about the importance of finding peace. And that is what the State Department and U.S.A.I.D. do: prevent the wars that we can avoid so that we fight only the ones we must.
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The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.
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Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty.
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Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families.
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The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny.
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You're not just voting for an individual, in my judgment, you're voting for an agenda. You're voting for a platform. You're voting for a political philosophy.
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Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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As I have done in every election since I started voting so many years ago, I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.
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Diplomacy is listening to what the other guy needs. Preserving your own position, but listening to the other guy. You have to develop relationships with other people so when the tough times come, you can work together.
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The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
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Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.
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Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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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.
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Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
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Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.
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The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.
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