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Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

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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You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
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I've voted for Republicans who were strong on defense, who believed in a free and open economy but who also understood that there's a place for government in our lives, that government has a responsibility to those of our citizens who are in need and those of our citizens who are needy of health care.
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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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Even the greatest of all strategists must occasionally take into account the presence of an enemy.
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One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.
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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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We want to approach this in a multilateral way, talking with our friends, consulting with our security council colleagues in the United Nations, hoping to find a way to solve this peacefully, but at the same time recognising that unless the threat of military force is there, Iraq will not disarm.
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In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'.
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I would not presume from this distance, nor would America presume to say who should be the leader of the Iraqi nation.
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We are not sure to what extent Saddam's [Hussein ] own people were conveying an incorrect picture to him. But this body of evidence was believed not only by President George W. Bush. President Bill Clinton used that same body of intelligence before bombing Iraq in 1998.
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We are rather candid with them about the nature of their political processes and the state of development of their institutions, but they are looking to the West because they know that's where success lies.
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You have to create circumstances where your first-tier leader knows what you are trying to accomplish, because he is the one who's going to get it done.
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Always be looking for the opportunities, and always be optimistic about what you can do with that opportunity.
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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.
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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 ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.
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How often have we seen politicians take a principle position only to give it up three days later? That is what makes democracy so fascinating.
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I'll tell you what they're all going to face, whichever one of them becomes president on January 21st of 2009. They will face a military force - a United States military force that cannot sustain - continually sustain 140,000 people deployed in Iraq and the 20-odd or 25,000 people we have deployed in Afghanistan and our other deployments.
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Leaders have followers. The primary role of a leader is to convey to those followers a sense of purpose, vision, and mission.
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