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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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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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The United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front.
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Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership.
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As a leader you set the tone for your entire team. Communicate your vision.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married.
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One important element of leadership is taking care of the troops.
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Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done.
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War is never a happy solution, but it may be the only solution. We must exhaustively explore other possible solutions before we make the choice for war. Every political and diplomatic effort should be made to avoid war while achieving your objective.
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Think hard about it: I'm running out of demons. I'm running out of villians. I'm down to Castro and Kim Il Sung.
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Don't just count your days, make your days count.
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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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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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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 looking for a way to launch war.
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