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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Colin Powell

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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
Politician
Soldier
New York City
New York
Colin Luther Powell
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I can think of nothing that Saddam Hussein can do diplomatically (to avoid war). I think that time is now over. He's had his chance, he has had many chances over the last 12 years and he has blown every one of those chances.
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One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a battalion commander. They don't have any.
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The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)... Yes the principles of the United Nations Charter are worth our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
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Thee are such horrible weapons. And so no sane leader would ever want to cross that line to using nuclear weapons. And, if you are not going to cross that line, then these things are basically useless.
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An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.
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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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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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Don't just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in return. Kindness is not just about being nice it's about recognizing another human being who deserves care and respect.
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Maybe we don't put our young people in situations often enough where they're allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough experience, you don't fail as often.
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The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
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Let me blow that up for you again.
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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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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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Be careful what you choose: You may get it.
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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.
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Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.
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You know you're a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire.
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Our failure was that our intelligence community thought [Saddam Hussein ] had stockpiled weapons of mass destruction. That was a mistake. There is fallibility in human intelligence and in human decisions.
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