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Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.
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 want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.
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The United States is not looking for a way to launch war.
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Some people naturally have a sense of empathy and an understanding of how to bring their followers to do things. They become great politicians.
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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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The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.
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We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.
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The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
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I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.
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Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant.
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I think you can improve on that natural ability with training and exposure to great leaders of the past and to management theories.
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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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The president's personal staff has a unique role.
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Sometimes what my analytical mind says to me is not what I'll do.
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We are not dictating. We are not telling them [Saudi Arabia] how they should do it or who they should look like. We are their friends. We have mutual interests and we will help them in any way that is possible.
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Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.
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It was President [Bill] Clinton and the United States congress in 1998 which said that the regime has to be changed because the regime would not give up its weapons of mass destruction. We came into office in 2001 and kept that policy because Saddam Hussein had not changed.
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