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Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America. — Colin Powell

As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision. — Colin Powell

Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are going to kill it. — Colin Powell

I'm sleeping like a baby, too. Every two hours, I wake up, screaming. — Colin Powell

One of the fondest expressions around is that we can't be the world's policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop. — Colin Powell

Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut. — Colin Powell

It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them. — Colin Powell

If Colin Powell was president, I'd follow him. I wanna get into politics. That's the way for us to overcome a lot of our obstacles. — Tupac Shakur

The greatest gifts my parents gave to me ... were their unconditional love and a set of values. — Colin Powell

The United States is still seen as the leader at the world that wants to be free. — Colin Powell

Remain calm, be kind. — Colin Powell

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government. — Colin Powell

A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass. — Colin Powell

It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty. — Colin Powell

Always do your best. Somebody is watching you. — Colin Powell

You can't make someone else's choices. You shouldn't let someone else make yours. — Colin Powell

I would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me, but I'm not anxious to rule it in. — Colin Powell

President Kennedy didn't negotiate out of the Cuban missile crisis simply because he and Khrushchev got along well. Khrushchev didn't have the cards. — Colin Powell

The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization. — Colin Powell

I'm not perfect but I'll be the creator of perfection. — Colin Powell

Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops. — Colin Powell

Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision. — Colin Powell

I'm a friend of Colin Powell. We talk quite often. — Ariel Sharon

Experts often possess more data than judgment. — Colin Powell

I want to see policies that encourage every American to vote, not make it more difficult to vote, — Colin Powell

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. — Colin Powell

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing. — Colin Powell

The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press. — Colin Powell

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. — Colin Powell

Bahrain is moving at one pace, Morocco another, Qatar at another, Kuwait at yet another. And we are there to assist our friends. — Colin Powell

I suppose the implication of that is the president and the vice president and myself and Colin Powell just fell off a turnip truck to take these jobs. — Donald Rumsfeld

One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others. — Colin Powell

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. — Colin Powell

Just hit my 75th birthday, I'm feeling great! — Colin Powell

Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. — Colin Powell

I think Bush came back because Colin Powell was there. Hey, I'm the brigadier general, baby. — Shaquille O'Neal

When you wrestle with a pig, he has fun, and you just end up dirty. — Colin Powell

Leadership is the art of accomplishing more than the science of management says is possible. — Colin Powell

I think America loves cooperative black men. I am not against Colin Powell, but I know who he is. — Sister Souljah

Our model of politics is one that it is inclusive of all members of the society; all should be represented. That is the nature of our democracy. — Colin Powell

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers who can cut through the argument debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand. — Colin Powell

No war on the face of the Earth is more destructive than the AIDS pandemic. — Colin Powell

Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off. — Colin Powell

Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission. — Colin Powell

Respect for leaders by followers can't be mandated; it must be earned. It has to be given to leaders by their followers. — Colin Powell

Trust is the essence of Leadership. — Colin Powell

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. — Colin Powell

You need to learn what people have done, but you need to learn where they have failed ... Usually when they fail it is in the execution. — Colin Powell

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind? — Colin Powell

It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation. — Colin Powell

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it. — Colin Powell

So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. — Colin Powell

None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows. — Colin Powell

Have a vision. Be demanding. — Colin Powell

Get mad, then get over it. — Colin Powell

You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy. — Colin Powell

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hardwork, and learning from failure- — Colin Powell

Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future — Colin Powell

Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes — Colin Powell

Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection. — Colin Powell

The president's personal staff has a unique role — Colin Powell

You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity. — Colin Powell

There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more. — Colin Powell

I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters. — Colin Powell

If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool. — Colin Powell

Time is passing, ... We have to look at the reality of the situation and ... redouble our efforts and get on with it. — Colin Powell

I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now. — Colin Powell

With vision only, you get no follow-through. With enforcers only, the vision is realized but leaves a lot of wreckage. — Colin Powell

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror. — Colin Powell

There are no secrets to success. It's the result of preparation, hard work, learning from failure. — Colin Powell

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. — Colin Powell

Let's not forget that Congress bears a lot of responsibility for many of the problems we have now — Colin Powell

I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude. — Colin Powell

Don't take counsel of your fears or naysayers. — Colin Powell

You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it. — Colin Powell

There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization. — Colin Powell

I like Holiday Inns — Colin Powell

Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire. — Colin Powell

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not like what you find. — Colin Powell

If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogant or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to non-arms. — Colin Powell

Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is "no." That's not America. — Colin Powell

I would not presume from this distance, nor would America presume to say who should be the leader of the Iraqi nation. — Colin Powell

I have always tried to do my job in a way that I have people give me different points of view. — Colin Powell

Nobody is ready to leave Iraq to be interviewed. — Colin Powell

Think hard about it: I'm running out of demons. I'm running out of villians. I'm down to Castro and Kim Il Sung. — Colin Powell

People get work done, not buildings, not staffs in a generic sense, and not plans, but people — Colin Powell

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves. — Colin Powell

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. — Colin Powell

It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself. — Colin Powell

A dream doesn't become reality ... — Colin Powell

Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier. — Colin Powell

We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more. — Colin Powell

Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else ... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings. — Colin Powell

The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method — Colin Powell

When we have dealt with bin Laden and his network we will then broaden the campaign to go after other terrorists all around the world. — Colin Powell

It is not possible to rule out anything because we don't know what will happen. — Colin Powell

Being responsible sometimes means pissing people off. — Colin Powell

Have a vision. Be demanding."~ Colin Powell — Donnell Hicks

I try to be the same person I was yesterday. — Colin Powell

Be careful what you choose: You may get it. — Colin Powell