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" Yup, the whole birther movement was racist. "
Colin Powell
Whole
Yup
Movement
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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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Say
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You
" So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. "
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Basketball
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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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Enemy
" There's not going to be a World War III, because there is no one to have World War III with. "
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War
Because
Going
" Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.' "
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Black
Me
You
" In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. "
Colin Powell
Live
Marriage
People
" The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power. "
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Security
Peace
Lost
" Trump has no sense of shame. "
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Sense
Trump
Shame
" You don't know what you can get away with until you try. "
Colin Powell
Until
You
Try
" 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. "
Colin Powell
Progress
Health
Relationships
" Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing. "
Colin Powell
Fancy
Nothing
Organization
" I don't know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community. "
Colin Powell
Work
Community
Know
" As I have done in every election since I started voting so many years ago, 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
Election
Decision
Time
" Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence. "
Colin Powell
Learning
Hard Work
Success
" Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. "
Colin Powell
Wisdom
Your
Avoid
" 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
" The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody says, 'Gee, isn't that wonderful?' "
Colin Powell
Only
Finally
You
" 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
" We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out. "
Colin Powell
Control
Work
Place
" Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when you've earned it, spend time with your families. "
Colin Powell
You
Always
Fun
" 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
" 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
" The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort. "
Colin Powell
Above
Competition
Win
" I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history. "
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History
Now
Might
" Trump just looks stupid trying to appeal to blacks and Latinos. "
Colin Powell
Latinos
Stupid
Just
" 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
" Never neglect details. When everyone's mind is dulled or distracted the leader must be doubly vigilant. "
Colin Powell
Leader
Details
Never
" Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind? "
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Will
Child
World
" 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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Know
War
End
" 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