Colin Powell Quotes And Sayings

I Don't Think We Handled The Aftermath Of The Fall Of Baghdad As Well As We Might Have. But That's Now History.

I Think The Iranians Are Clearly Determined To Have A Nuclear Program. And We Have To Assume That With A Nuclear Program They Have The Capability And The Will To Create A Nuclear Weapon.

The Only Bipartisanship You Ever See Is When They Finally Sign A Bill And Everybody Says, 'Gee, Isn't That Wonderful?'

If You Are Going To Achieve Excellence In Big Things, You Develop The Habit In Little Matters. Excellence Is Not An Exception, It Is A Prevailing Attitude.

What You're Seeing With Occupy Wall Street And The Others Are People Who Are Unhappy And They're Directing Their Unhappiness Now Toward Wall Street And Toward Those They Think Are Doing Too Well In Our Society.

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.

I Don't Know That There Is Much The United States Can Do Except Work With The International Community.

It Was The Congress That Imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' It Was Certainly My Position, My Recommendation To Get Us Out Of An Even Worse Outcome That Could Have Occurred.

There Are Lots Of Countries That Are Having These Kinds Of Internal Civil Wars In Other Parts Of The World And Nobody Is Talking About Intervening.

So Like Any Football Or Basketball Coach, You Always Always Believe You're Going To Win.

Foe Means Enemy. Now, Will We Have Differences Of Opinion With The Russians? Yes. Will They Get Mad At Us From Time To Time, And We Get Mad At Them? That's Part Of The Normal Diplomatic Relations.

Economy's Got To Get Moving, We've Got To Get The Unemployment Rate Down. That May Be The Defining Issue Of The Campaign.

I Consider Myself A Moderate Republican. I Have Very, Very Moderate Social Views, And I'm Pretty Strong On, On Defense Matters.

It Isn't Enough Just To Scream At The Occupy Wall Street Demonstrations. We Need Our Political System To Start Reflect This Anger Back Into, 'How Do We Fix It? How Do We Get The Economy Going Again?'

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.

Look At The World. There Is No Pure Competitor To The United States Of America.

Surround Yourself With People Who Take Their Work Seriously, But Not Themselves, Those Who Work Hard And Play Hard.

Great Leaders Are Almost Always Great Simplifiers, Who Can Cut Through Argument, Debate And Doubt, To Offer A Solution Everybody Can Understand.

Avoid Having Your Ego So Close To Your Position That When Your Position Falls, Your Ego Goes With It.

Never Neglect Details. When Everyone's Mind Is Dulled Or Distracted The Leader Must Be Doubly Vigilant.