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" It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured. "
Colin Powell
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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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Attitude
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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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War
Start
Know
" Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America. "
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Look
World
United
" When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility. "
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Government
You
Responsibility
" Trump has no sense of shame. "
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Sense
Trump
Shame
" Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission. "
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Mission
Chase
Management
" A dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work. "
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Hard Work
Determination
Dreams
" I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community. "
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Work
Community
Know
" It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning. "
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Morning
Bad
Better
" Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand. "
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Great
Solution
Argument
" Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah. "
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National
Trump
Disgrace
" Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. "
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Afraid
Own
Challenge
" Leadership is solving problems. The day soldiers stop bringing you their problems is the day you have stopped leading them. They have either lost confidence that you can help or concluded you do not care. Either case is a failure of leadership. "
Colin Powell
Confidence
Leadership
Day
" The country would be a lot better off if we stopped having comment sections. And if we got rid of Twitter. "
Colin Powell
Off
Got
Country
" Standing in support of children is something we should all be able to get behind, regardless of party affiliation. "
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Party
Get
Children
" We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government. "
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Government
Opportunity
People
" 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. "
Colin Powell
Giving
Children
Know
" The Army will take its lessons learned. They're excellent at looking into themselves and reflecting on what did we do right, what did we do wrong. "
Colin Powell
Will
Looking
Army
" There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. "
Colin Powell
Hard
Work
Hard Work
" Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age. "
Colin Powell
Age
Bad
Bad News
" I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got out of public college, went into the Army, and then I just stuck with it. "
Colin Powell
Army
Born
College
" Trump just looks stupid trying to appeal to blacks and Latinos. "
Colin Powell
Latinos
Stupid
Just
" 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
" 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
" The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. "
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Above
Competition
Win
" 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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Purpose
Politics
People
" 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. "
Colin Powell
Time
Mad
Enemy
" I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision. "
Colin Powell
Decision
Time
Supreme Court
" 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. "
Colin Powell
Say
Power
You
" 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. "
Colin Powell
Need
Stand
Finding