The best method of overcoming obstacles is the team method Colin Powell More Quotes by Colin Powell More Quotes From Colin Powell There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more. Colin Powell hussein weapons doubt At the same time I think it is absolutely necessary that there be no confusion, no misunderstanding that if the Iraqis.. do not comply, then there will be consequences and those consequences will involve the use of military force to disarm them through changing the regime. Colin Powell confusion military thinking I have always held the view that decisive force should be used in addressing a military conflict. The reason is simple: Why wouldn't you, if you could? Colin Powell military simple views The long bitter years of the Cold War are over. America and her allies have won; totally, decisively, and overwhelmingly....So thank you SAC. Job well done. Enjoy your retirement. Colin Powell retirement jobs war So has the strategic decision been made to disarm Iraq of its weapons of mass destruction by the leadership in Baghdad? I think our judgment has to be clearly not. Colin Powell wmd iraq thinking We are not shrinking from talking to Saudis or anyone else in the region, but it is up to each nation in the region to decide on its own how it will proceed and at what pace. There are other nations in the region that had similar policies to Saudi Arabia that are starting to make changes, such as Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Morocco. And so it takes time but when you see the need for such changes, then changes tend to follow. Colin Powell qatar kuwait talking There is only one China. Taiwan is not independent. It does not enjoy sovereignty as a nation. Colin Powell taiwan independent doe War is never a happy solution, but it may be the only solution. We must exhaustively explore other possible solutions before we make the choice for war. Every political and diplomatic effort should be made to avoid war while achieving your objective. Colin Powell effort choices war The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press. Colin Powell government mean people I happen to hold a bachelor of science degree in geology... And my greatest contribution to the field of science is that I never entered it. Colin Powell degrees fields science President Kennedy didn't negotiate out of the Cuban missile crisis simply because he and Khrushchev got along well. Khrushchev didn't have the cards. Colin Powell president war cards If you are black, if you are Puerto Rican or Hispanic, be proud of that. But don't let it become a problem. Let it become somebody else's problem. Colin Powell black proud problem The Court is perhaps one of the last citadels of jealously preserved individualism. For the most part, we function as nine, small independent law firms. Colin Powell independent nine law 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 college school One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile production facilities used to make biological agents. Colin Powell agents iraq weapons Our model of politics is one that it is inclusive of all members of the society; all should be represented. That is the nature of our democracy. Colin Powell members democracy should Change of regime with respect to Iraq had nothing to do with this; it had everything to do with the fact that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. And at the time change in regime as a policy came into effect in 1998, it was seen as the only way to compel Iraq to get rid of its weapons of mass destruction. Colin Powell mass-destruction iraq weapons We know that Saddam Hussein is determined to keep his weapons of mass destruction, is determined to make more. Colin Powell mass-destruction wmd iraq It remains our policy to change the regime until such time as the regime changes itself. So far, we cannot be sure that he is cooperating or he [Saddam Hussein] is acting in a way that could give us comfort, or should give the international community comfort, that he is giving up his weapons of mass destruction. He continues to give us statements that suggest he is not in possession of weapons of mass destruction when we know he is. Colin Powell mass-destruction giving-up community The burden is on Saddam Hussein. And our policy, our national policy - not the UN policy but our national policy - is that the regime should be changed until such time as he demonstrates that it is not necessary to change the regime because the regime has changed itself. Colin Powell burden regimes hussein
