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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.

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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Tone
Communicate
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The freedom to do your best means nothing unless you are willing to do your best.
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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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We are not sure to what extent Saddam's [Hussein ] own people were conveying an incorrect picture to him. But this body of evidence was believed not only by President George W. Bush. President Bill Clinton used that same body of intelligence before bombing Iraq in 1998.
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With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope that at time it will be the kind of conscription that was put in at the end of the Vietnam War. And that is, everybody is equally liable to be called to serve the nation in time of conflict.
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I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.
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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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I think leadership is both a trained thing and a natural gift.
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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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The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.
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I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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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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War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.
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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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Trust is the essence of Leadership.
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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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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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I recommended to the president [George Bush] that our focus had to be on al-Qaida, the Taliban and Afghanistan. Those were the ones who attacked the United States of America on 9/11.
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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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Always do your best. Somebody is watching you.
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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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