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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
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
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
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
I'm not perfect but I'll be the creator of perfection.
— 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
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
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
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
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
So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win.
— Colin Powell
Have a vision. Be demanding.
— Colin Powell
Get mad, then get over it.
— 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
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
Time is passing, ... We have to look at the reality of the situation and ... redouble our efforts and get on with it.
— 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
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
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
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
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
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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
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