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Colin Powell Quotes
«Never underestimate the power of a dictator, ... pretty much removed his [Hussein's] stings.»
Author: Colin Powell
«We discussed how it was necessary for all sides to move away from violence and incitement and to lift the siege as soon as possible to get economic activity restarted,»
Author: Colin Powell
«To the extent that, governments, such as the Taliban government in Afghanistan, support such things, ... you need to understand you cannot separate your activities from the activity of these perpetrators.»
Author: Colin Powell
«I thought I would have an aneurysm. American GIs were not toy soldiers to be moved around on some sort of global game board.»
Author: Colin Powell
«But he did enter airspace without permission and landed without permission, and for that we are very sorry -- but glad he did it.»
Author: Colin Powell
«Over time people will see that we are not unilateralist, we are deeply engaged,»
Author: Colin Powell
«I was included in all of the military planning preparations. I was briefed on a regular basis, ... I was intimately familiar with the plan. I was aware that Prince Bandar was being briefed on the plan.»
Author: Colin Powell
«We have to get these matters resolved and behind us with respect to their proliferating actions with respect to their nuclear weapons development programs, and also with respect to the size of their military poised along the 38th parallel,»
Author: Colin Powell
«But we also are noticing that the Northern Alliance, which we are supporting, has become more aggressive in their actions up north and moving toward Kabul in the near future. So let us hope the campaign comes to an end soon, but the most important thing to remember is we will pursue it until our mission has been accomplished,»
Author: Colin Powell
«I think we have do everything we can to show that we are functioning, that we can get through this problem, that we are not going to overreact to the challenge before us.»
Author: Colin Powell