The chief condition on which, life, health and vigor depend on, is action. It is by action that an organism develops its faculties, increases its energy, and attains the fulfillment of its destiny. Colin Powell More Quotes by Colin Powell More Quotes From Colin Powell I think you can improve on that natural ability with training and exposure to great leaders of the past and to management theories. Colin Powell leader past thinking I went to graduate school as a lieutenant colonel after I had been in the army for 12 or 13 years. I learned so much from all the great management theorists. It gave me a greater understanding of my army experience and showed me the gaps in my knowledge. Colin Powell army years school The information that the intelligence people used was a combination of satellite information, signals intelligence, and human intelligence. We are not sure to what extent Saddam [Hussein] was trying to convey an incorrect picture to us. Colin Powell hussein trying people Saudi Arabia will have to decide its own path, and I don't know if it will decide a path like any other nation in the region or if it will design something that is unique to Saudi Arabia. Colin Powell arabia design unique I'm absolutely sure that there are weapons of mass destruction there and the evidence will be forthcoming. We're just getting it just now. Colin Powell mass-destruction wmd iraq You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in. Colin Powell party believe thinking It isn’t enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflecting this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?' Colin Powell wall anger political I am confident that we will find evidence that makes it clear he had weapons of mass destruction. Colin Powell mass-destruction wmd weapons Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff. Colin Powell bags serious stuff 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 talking war country We are not dictating. We are not telling them [Saudi Arabia] how they should do it or who they should look like. We are their friends. We have mutual interests and we will help them in any way that is possible. Colin Powell mutual-interest arabia looks I'm going to be bringing people into the public diplomacy function of the department who are going to change from just selling us in the old USIA way to really branding foreign policy, branding the department, marketing the department, marketing American values to the world and not just putting out pamphlets. Colin Powell marketing people world I think we can make a contribution to their [Saudi Arabia] thinking as they decide how they should deal with the economic and social challenges that they are facing. Colin Powell arabia challenges thinking Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al Qaeda together. Colin Powell iraq hatred ambition 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 philadelphia house father With respect to our friends in the [Iraq] region, each has its own system, each will have to make its own judgment as to whether it will change, how fast it will change, and we hope that we can help influence them as to how change comes about and what change might be better for them than other forms of change. Colin Powell iraq helping might There is no suggestion of regime change; quite the contrary, this is an initiative to help people and to help governments who are inclined toward change. Colin Powell suggestions government people Bahrain is moving at one pace, Morocco another, Qatar at another, Kuwait at yet another. And we are there to assist our friends. Colin Powell qatar kuwait moving It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured. Colin Powell disgrace millions people The United States is still seen as the leader at the world that wants to be free. Colin Powell united-states leader world
