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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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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
Diplomat
Former United States Secretary Of State
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New York City
New York
Colin Luther Powell
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I have the deepest regret about 9/11. Sept. 11, 2001, was one of the most difficult days I've ever had. I was in Lima, Peru, and had to fly back eight hours not knowing what happened in my own country, knowing thousands of my fellow citizens had died.
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Ladies and gentlemen, these are not assertions. These are facts, corroborated by many sources, some of them sources of the intelligence services of other countries.
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But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.
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Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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The United States is not looking for a way to launch war.
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Decision-making is lonely.
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What could be more important than equipping the next generation with the character and competence they need to become successful
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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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The United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front.
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I understand that and I have had very candid discussions with Saudi leaders in the past. I respect their culture and their heritage and their traditions, but I think that they now, as they move forward, will have to start examining these traditions and these practices to see whether or not change is appropriate.
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We would like to see new leaders come forward who would be accountable and responsible, who would succeed in ending the terror and the violence. And it is up to the Palestinian people to judge who those new leaders should be.
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Pissing people off doesn't mean you're doing the right things, but doing the right things will almost inevitably piss people off.
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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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