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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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Decision-making is lonely.
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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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It is good if your enemy underestimates you. The dumber they think you are the more surprised they are when you kill them.
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Politics is different, because the mission is always to get the necessary votes. A good politician goes through everything in terms of mission and vision, and resourcing, but at the end of the day politicians have to make compromises in order to achieve consensus.
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You have achieved excellence as a leader when people will follow you anywhere if only out of curiosity.
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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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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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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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It is the job of leaders to eliminate uncertainty.
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I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters.
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The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
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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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Nobody has ever said in the United States government that we are going to war next month. No decision has been made by the president because, as he said to the United Nations, he wants the United Nations to live up to its responsibilities and he wants Saddam Hussein to cooperate.
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Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.
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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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The greatest gifts my parents gave to me...were their unconditional love and a set of values.
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The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
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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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The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.
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The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
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