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Colin Powell
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 5
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Former United States Secretary Of State
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Soldier
New York City
New York
Colin Luther Powell
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Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.
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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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We need stable regimes in this part of the world [the Mideast] who will be partners and friends of ours, because the fact of the matter is we do rely on imported oil to fuel our economy and to fuel our nation.
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Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?
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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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The information that the intelligence people used was a combination of satellite information, signals intelligence, and human intelligence. We are not sure to what extent Saddam [Hussein] was trying to convey an incorrect picture to us.
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When we have dealt with bin Laden and his network we will then broaden the campaign to go after other terrorists all around the world.
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One thing the military does far better than business is train its own leaders. I can't go to IBM and hire a battalion commander. They don't have any.
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Good and solid analysis and a formal way of looking at a problem [are the core ingredients of good decisions].
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Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut.
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Well, the correct answer is he is not a Muslim, he’s a Christian. He’s always been a Christian. But the really right answer is, what if he is? Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country?
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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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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I don't know who all of his advisers are, but I've seen some of the names and some of them are quite far to the right. And sometimes they might be in a position to make judgments or recommendations to the candidate that should get a second thought.
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Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.'
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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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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision.
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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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Nobody is ready to leave Iraq to be interviewed.
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