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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.

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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Sometimes what my analytical mind says to me is not what I'll do.
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I think leadership is both a trained thing and a natural gift.
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With respect to our friends in the [Iraq] region, each has its own system, each will have to make its own judgment as to whether it will change, how fast it will change, and we hope that we can help influence them as to how change comes about and what change might be better for them than other forms of change.
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If you are black, if you are Puerto Rican or Hispanic, be proud of that. But don't let it become a problem. Let it become somebody else's problem.
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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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I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.
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Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return.
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Even the greatest of all strategists must occasionally take into account the presence of an enemy.
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Let me blow that up for you again.
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Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut.
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The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)... Yes the principles of the United Nations Charter are worth our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
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Everybody makes bad decisions. I am sure I have made my share of them over 40 years of service. Or I have made good decisions and have been overruled. The real challenge, when you are overruled, is to remember who the boss is and don't take it personally.
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It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation.
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The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve. Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity. An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
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It is the fault of the United States that these terrible people, these insurgents and terrorists are out there. They are the ones that we ought to be focusing our energy on defeating and not just wring our hands about the fact that it's going to be difficult.
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The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press.
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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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