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" Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission. "
Colin Powell
Mission
Chase
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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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" Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place. "
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Today
Heart
Hope
" Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier. "
Colin Powell
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Optimism
Perpetual
" I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters. "
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Matters
Strong
Myself
" It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation. "
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Raised
Say
Partisan
" Trump just looks stupid trying to appeal to blacks and Latinos. "
Colin Powell
Latinos
Stupid
Just
" It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured. "
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Who
People
Millions
" I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude. "
Colin Powell
You
Attitude
Leader
" Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it. "
Colin Powell
Your
Position
Never
" 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. "
Colin Powell
Purpose
Politics
People
" In 2008, I spoke out against calling the president a Muslim as if that was a curse. And then in 2012, once again, I was very disturbed about some of the intolerance I was seeing in the party, so I made a statement saying there's a level of intolerance in some parts of the Republican Party. And there was, and I think there still is. "
Colin Powell
Think
Republican
Seeing
" Yup, the whole birther movement was racist. "
Colin Powell
Whole
Yup
Movement
" Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign. "
Colin Powell
Economy
Moving
Unemployment
" But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward. "
Colin Powell
Start
You
Writing
" Trump has no sense of shame. "
Colin Powell
Sense
Trump
Shame
" You're not just voting for an individual, in my judgment, you're voting for an agenda. You're voting for a platform. You're voting for a political philosophy. "
Colin Powell
Just
Voting
Political
" 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
Believe
Conflict
Beginning
" 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. "
Colin Powell
Internal
World
Talking
" 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. "
Colin Powell
War
Start
Know
" 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
Government
Opportunity
People
" Get mad, then get over it. "
Colin Powell
Over It
Then
Anger
" 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
Go
Shot
Position
" Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America. "
Colin Powell
Look
World
United
" Children need to get a high-quality education, avoid violence and the criminal-justice system, and gain jobs. But they deserve more. We want them to learn not only reading and math but fairness, caring, self-respect, family commitment, and civic duty. "
Colin Powell
Family
Education
Children
" In other words, don't expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say 'we have a problem, let's go and get it'. "
Colin Powell
Leader
Words
Setbacks
" There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. "
Colin Powell
Hard
Work
Hard Work
" A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. "
Colin Powell
Hard Work
Determination
Dreams
" What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society. "
Colin Powell
Society
Think
You
" I don't want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches. "
Colin Powell
Want
Spend
Rest
" 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. "
Colin Powell
Attitude
Going
Habit