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Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.

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
Never
Diplomacy
Stops
Election
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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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I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.
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We are not going to dwell on those things that divide us. We are going to rejoice in those things that keep us together to make this a better country - to reach down and back to touch every young person in need!
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Decision-making is lonely.
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The United States is not looking for a way to launch war.
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Let me blow that up for you again.
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The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
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Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.
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The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.
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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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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 of the fondest expressions around is that we can't be the world's policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.
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Treat people kindly. When you are kind to somebody and I don't mean necessarily buddy-buddy, just show kindness and consideration. Show that people are worthy and you respect them and you are glad they're with you.
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First you train the followers to accomplish the mission. Second, you resource them: Make sure that they have the tools to do the job. Third, you reward them: You give them medals or bonuses.
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The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press.
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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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My responsibility, our responsibility as lucky Americans, is to try to give back to this country as much as it has given us, as we continue our American journey together.
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Let it [racism] be a problem to someone else... Let it drag them down. Don't use it as an excuse for your own shortcomings.
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We view Egypt as a good friend of America. We are in constant touch with them. We provide them economic and military assistance as part of our relationship.
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