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Colin Powell Quotes
«In every conversation I've ever had with [Israeli] Prime Minister [Ariel] Sharon, we've talked about security, and we've also talked about the peace process, ... Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer.»
Author: Colin Powell
«Congress has in place certain restrictions on what we can do with the Indonesians, so we will approach the new Indonesian Government with an attitude of helpfulness but also an attitude of caution and only provide those things that are consistent with our laws,»
Author: Colin Powell
«As we start to encourage those southern tribes, I think they might start deciding that there's a better life ahead by separating themselves from the Taliban,»
Author: Colin Powell
«We've just begun our consultations, and I'm encouraged by what I've heard so far from the Security Council representatives that I have spoken to, ... but this is a consultation and it is a negotiation and we are just now starting to look at language, so I wouldn't want to prejudge what my [Security] Council colleagues will agree to.»
Author: Colin Powell
«The core group helped to catalyze the international response,»
Author: Colin Powell
«We will continue to work with UNMOVIC [the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission] and IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency] and will consult with other members of the council to see what conclusions the council members arrive at, and to see whether or not more evidence can be brought forward to make the case to the council that Iraq has totally missed this opportunity,»
Author: Colin Powell
«They find all kinds of excuses, a thousand excuses -- 'There are spies on this team. We don't want this. When are sanctions going to be relieved and removed?' The issue is Iraqi noncompliance, and we should not allow them to move us off that issue.»
Author: Colin Powell
«We believe it is our responsibility to create a missile defense that protects the United States, our allies and friends, all against the threat of missile proliferation that can deliver weapons of mass destruction to any of our countries, ... We should use all available instruments to deter and defend against that threat. We are committed to close allied consultations to address these issues together prior to deciding on specific technologies or architecture.»
Author: Colin Powell
«We agreed that the North must verifiably and irreversibly dismantle its nuclear weapons program,»
Author: Colin Powell
«To the extent that the United States can help get that dialogue started on all of the issues that are outstanding between the two countries [including] Kashmir, we would like to be helpful,»
Author: Colin Powell