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" Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself. "
Colin Powell
People
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" Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations. "
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" Giving back involves a certain amount of giving up. "
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" 90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world. "
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" It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred. "
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" If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. "
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" War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. "
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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?' "
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" High-quality early-childhood programs and health coverage have expanded, and the number of mentoring relationships for at-risk youth has risen dramatically. That progress is encouraging, but it's not evenly distributed. "
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" So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. "
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" I try to be the same person I was yesterday. "
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" I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community. "
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" Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. "
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" The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny. "
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Life
" Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. "
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" Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah. "
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" Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind. "
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" Our diplomacy and development budget is not just about reducing spending and finding efficiencies. We need a frank conversation about what we stand for as that 'shining city on a hill.' And that conversation begins by acknowledging that we can't do it on the cheap. "
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" There are lots of countries that are having these kinds of internal civil wars in other parts of the world and nobody is talking about intervening. "
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" Get mad, then get over it. "
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Then
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" Russia isn't going to start a war. They can't afford it. I think Mr. Putin can be dealt with if we stop screaming at him. You can work with the guy. You just have to know who he is. "
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Start
Know
" You have to make sure you know why you are going to war and then use decisive force to end it as soon as possible. "
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" Experts often possess more data than judgment. "
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" You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in. "
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" Throughout my career, I learned plenty about war on the battlefield, but I learned even more about the importance of finding peace. And that is what the State Department and U.S.A.I.D. do: prevent the wars that we can avoid so that we fight only the ones we must. "
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" It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured. "
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" I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude. "
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" You should see what our Founding Fathers used to say to each other and in the early part of our nation. But what they were able to do, especially in Philadelphia in 1787, four months, they argued about what a House should be, what a Senate should be, the power of the president, the Congress, the Supreme Court. And they had to deal with slavery. "
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" The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world. "
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