“Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?”
Great
“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.”
PowerAll Quotes by Colin Powell
“Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.”
Best“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.”
Society“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.”
Peace“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.”
Politics“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.”
Marriage“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.”
Hope“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.”
Legal“90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.”
History“I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.”
Attitude“It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?'”
Anger“Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.”
Work“A dream doesn't become reality through magic it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”
Dreams“Get mad, then get over it.”
Anger“Just hit my 75th birthday, I'm feeling great!”
Birthday“It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.”
Morning“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.”
Business“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.”
Government“I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.”
History“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.”
Failure