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Colin Powell Quotes

«needs to take a hard look at his policies to see if they can work. .... I don't think that declaring war on the Palestinians will work.»
Author: Colin Powell
«This is about Americans getting off the sidelines and getting onto the playing field, ... This is about each and every one of us who have been blessed by the wealth of this country sharing that blessing by reaching down and reaching back and lifting up somebody in need. That's what America is all about. That's what being American is all about.»
Author: Colin Powell
«We have no illusion about how hard it's going to be, ... We see it every day with some incident taking place on some side or another. We have no illusion about how hard it will be to move forward in the presence of that kind of action.»
Author: Colin Powell
«[Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday he had read a summary of the New Yorker article and stressed that all war prisoners should be treated humanely.] I haven't read the article and I don't know anything about the substance of the article, ... I have just seen a quick summary of it. So I will have to yield to the Defense Department to respond.»
Author: Colin Powell
«This is very regrettable»
Author: Colin Powell
«[However, Powell added that Washington would] will continue to search for a solution, continue to be open to the opportunity for talks, ... We hope that the North Korean leadership will realize the folly of their actions.»
Author: Colin Powell
«You can be sure of the American support of your efforts, political support, economic support and military support,»
Author: Colin Powell
«We are constantly talking to our friends in NATO and others who are present in the region to see how best to perform the mission,»
Author: Colin Powell
«But there is no endpoint. We have established no time by which U.S. troops have to be out.»
Author: Colin Powell
«no legitimacy or moral authority.»
Author: Colin Powell