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I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

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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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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America has a terrible educational problem in the sense that we have too many youngsters not finishing school. A third of our kids don't finish high school, 50 percent of minorities don't finish high school.
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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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