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We are not trapped in what the science of management says we can do. We are capable of doing what the art of leadership says is possible.

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
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I would not presume from this distance, nor would America presume to say who should be the leader of the Iraqi nation.
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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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Just hit my 75th birthday, I'm feeling great!
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Luck tends to come to people who are prepared.
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We are not sure to what extent Saddam's [Hussein ] own people were conveying an incorrect picture to him. But this body of evidence was believed not only by President George W. Bush. President Bill Clinton used that same body of intelligence before bombing Iraq in 1998.
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When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you think I'll like it or not. Disagreement, at this state, stimulates me. But once a decision is made, the debate ends. From that point on, loyalty means executing the decision as if it were your own.
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It is the fault of the United States that these terrible people, these insurgents and terrorists are out there. They are the ones that we ought to be focusing our energy on defeating and not just wring our hands about the fact that it's going to be difficult.
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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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Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.
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None of us can change our yesterdays but all of us can change our tomorrows.
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Leaders honor their core values, but they are flexible in how they execute them.
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The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.
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The root cause of poverty is social injustice and the bad government that abets it
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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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An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.
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Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience.
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The great leaders that I have worked with are people who have a good sense of empathy with other people. They can walk a factory floor, or walk through a battalion and smell if there's something wrong.
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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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One of the greatest talents of all is the talent to recognize and to develop talent in others.
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Only when you have got a clear statement of what you want to achieve, do you ask yourself how you are going to achieve it. In the military we are taught never to go for a single answer, no matter how obvious that might be.
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