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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
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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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New York City
New York
Colin Luther Powell
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The person who will decide whether or not there will be war or peace is Saddam Hussein, and all he has to do is give up these terrible weapons that he has used to kill fellow Arabs, fellow Muslims in that part of the world, and to step away from his past behaviour which invaded neighbouring countries.
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As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married.
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Great leaders are those who are able to look reality in the face, however painful it may be, and deal with it.
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I have always gone through public life and saying that with respect to political candidates, I always measure each candidate against what I think the country needs at that time, and I will vote for the person I think who is most qualified to serve the nation at that time.
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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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Just hit my 75th birthday, I'm feeling great!
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Politics is different, because the mission is always to get the necessary votes. A good politician goes through everything in terms of mission and vision, and resourcing, but at the end of the day politicians have to make compromises in order to achieve consensus.
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President Reagan fueled the spirit of America. His smile, his optimism, his total belief in the ultimate triumph of democracy and freedom, and his willingness to act on that belief, helped end the Cold War and usher in a new and brighter phase of history.
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In the military we also learn principles of war which also work in a corporate setting: How do you concentrate as much of your force as possible on a critical point and take a risk elsewhere? In business that translates into focusing your investment on marketing, sales, or R&D, whichever will give you the greatest return.
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Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.
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In my 35 years in the army I was in school for 6 years. I think corporations should take a look at whether they are investing enough in the development of their human capital.
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Bahrain is moving at one pace, Morocco another, Qatar at another, Kuwait at yet another. And we are there to assist our friends.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Actually, there is no more important task for a leader than to pick people. To make sure you have the very best people working for you.
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Nobody is ready to leave Iraq to be interviewed.
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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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