Tag: Colin Powell
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The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, ‘Gee, isn’t that wonderful?’
Colin Powell
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We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we’ve had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I’ve taken.
Colin Powell
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Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.
Colin Powell
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I don’t think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that’s now history.
Colin Powell
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Don’t let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn’t go with it.
Colin Powell
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Have fun in your command. Don’t always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you’ve earned it, spend time with your families.
Colin Powell
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We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.
Colin Powell
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In the last several years, I have been troubled by the right shift of the Republican party too far to the right.
Colin Powell
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The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world.
Colin Powell
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When Jerry Springer thinks you’ve gone too far, my friends, you have gone too far.
Colin Powell