Quote

America has a terrible educational problem in the sense that we have too many youngsters not finishing school. A third of our kids don't finish high school, 50 percent of minorities don't finish high school.

Colin Powell

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

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
High
Finishing
Sense
Minorities
Kids
Finish
School
Educational
America
Third
Problem
Thirds
Many
Percent
Terrible
Youngsters

More quotes by Colin Powell

Image
Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.
Colin Powell
Image
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?
Colin Powell
Image
None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
Colin Powell
Image
It was President [Bill] Clinton and the United States congress in 1998 which said that the regime has to be changed because the regime would not give up its weapons of mass destruction. We came into office in 2001 and kept that policy because Saddam Hussein had not changed.
Colin Powell
Image
We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more.
Colin Powell
Image
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.
Colin Powell
Image
If you are black, if you are Puerto Rican or Hispanic, be proud of that. But don't let it become a problem. Let it become somebody else's problem.
Colin Powell
Image
Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire.
Colin Powell
Image
As I've thought about gay marriage, I don't see any reason not to say that [couples] should be able to get married.
Colin Powell
Image
The essence of leadership is building bonds of trust in your organization.
Colin Powell
Image
President Kennedy didn't negotiate out of the Cuban missile crisis simply because he and Khrushchev got along well. Khrushchev didn't have the cards.
Colin Powell
Image
I've voted for Republicans who were strong on defense, who believed in a free and open economy but who also understood that there's a place for government in our lives, that government has a responsibility to those of our citizens who are in need and those of our citizens who are needy of health care.
Colin Powell
Image
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.
Colin Powell
Image
Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
Colin Powell
Image
The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
Colin Powell
Image
Almost invariably, whoever doesn't win the argument is going to be unhappy.
Colin Powell
Image
I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them.
Colin Powell
Image
Lying offshore, ready to act, the presence of ships and Marines sometimes means much more than just having air power or ship's fire, when it comes to deterring a crisis. And the ships and Marines may not have to do anything but lie offshore. It is hard to lie offshore with a C-141 or C-130 full of airborne troops.
Colin Powell
Image
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
Colin Powell
Image
I think you can improve on that natural ability with training and exposure to great leaders of the past and to management theories.
Colin Powell