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I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.

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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Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place.
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My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.
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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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Nobody is ready to leave Iraq to be interviewed.
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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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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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You know you're a good leader when people follow you out of curiosity.
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It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself.
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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.
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Don't just count your days, make your days count.
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The burden is on Saddam Hussein. And our policy, our national policy - not the UN policy but our national policy - is that the regime should be changed until such time as he demonstrates that it is not necessary to change the regime because the regime has changed itself.
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The United States is not looking for a way to launch war.
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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I think all of the attention of the world, to include the attention of the Arab world, should be on Saddam Hussein and whether or not he is prepared to give up the weapons of mass destruction that he has used to terrorise the region.
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I think that military, corporate, and non-political organizations are pretty much similar.
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Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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