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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
Diplomacy
Stops
Election
Without
Never

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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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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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That's why the army sends all its future generals to what we call charm school. As soon as you are a general, people think that you know everything. You think yourself that you have become omniscient and omnipotent. Be careful, because people want to do everything they can to please the general, and you need to guard against this.
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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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Just hit my 75th birthday, I'm feeling great!
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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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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.
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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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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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The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press.
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Give me the right people and I don’t much care what organization you give me. Good things will happen. Give me the wrong people and it doesn’t matter what you do with the organization. Bad things will happen.
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I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.
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The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
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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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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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I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it.
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There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.
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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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Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.
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I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world.
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