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" 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. "

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" We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us. "

Colin Powell

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" The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts in the world. "

" It's nice to say let's be bipartisan. But we're a partisan nation. We were raised as a partisan nation. "

" We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government. "

" 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. "

" 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'. "

" 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

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" So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. "

" You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and is responsible for the country? You are. So if you break it, you own it. "

" I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community. "

" Trump just looks stupid trying to appeal to blacks and Latinos. "

" Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand. "

" When Jerry Springer thinks you've gone too far, my friends, you have gone too far. "

" The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise. "

" 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. "

" Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer's no. That's not America. Is there something wrong with some seven-year-old Muslim American kid believing that he or she could be president? "

" I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude. "

" I consider myself a moderate Republican. I have very, very moderate social views, and I'm pretty strong on, on defense matters. "

" Standing in support of children is something we should all be able to get behind, regardless of party affiliation. "

" The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?' "

" It's not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It's who they have coming with them. I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military. "

" 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. "

" There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure. "

" If a leader doesn't convey passion and intensity then there will be no passion and intensity within the organization and they'll start to fall down and get depressed. "

" Get mad, then get over it. "

" Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But you really don't defeat the Taliban by clearing an area. They move. "

" Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. "

" I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them. "

" No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. "

" 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. "