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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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I have always gone through public life and saying that with respect to political candidates, I always measure each candidate against what I think the country needs at that time, and I will vote for the person I think who is most qualified to serve the nation at that time.
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I think the Iranians are clearly determined to have a nuclear program. And we have to assume that with a nuclear program they have the capability and the will to create a nuclear weapon.
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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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How often have we seen politicians take a principle position only to give it up three days later? That is what makes democracy so fascinating.
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Great leaders are those who are able to look reality in the face, however painful it may be, and deal with it.
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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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Saudi Arabia will have to decide its own path, and I don't know if it will decide a path like any other nation in the region or if it will design something that is unique to Saudi Arabia.
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We want to approach this in a multilateral way, talking with our friends, consulting with our security council colleagues in the United Nations, hoping to find a way to solve this peacefully, but at the same time recognising that unless the threat of military force is there, Iraq will not disarm.
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Decision-making is lonely.
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The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
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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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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 want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.
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It's not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It's who they have coming with them. I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military.
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Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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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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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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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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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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