Colin Powell
Colin Powell
Colin Luther Powell is an American statesman and a retired four-star general in the United States Army. He was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under U.S. President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, the first African American to serve in that position. During his military career, Powell also served as National Security Advisor, as Commander of the U.S. Army Forces Commandand as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, holding the latter position during the Persian...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 April 1937
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
The American people to this point have taken it in stride, ... And I don't think they are upset yet to a point where it is troubling to the nation.
ways to communicate with the people of Iran to convince them that the policies their leaders have been following are inappropriate.
What we would be committed to would be a representative government where all the Iraqi people decide who should lead their nation, and lead it in a way that keeps it together as a single nation and where all parts of the nation - Shia, Sunni and Kurds - are able to live free and in peace and believe that their interests are represented by the government.
It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured.
We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.
The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press.
My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.
We would like to see new leaders come forward who would be accountable and responsible, who would succeed in ending the terror and the violence. And it is up to the Palestinian people to judge who those new leaders should be.
Terrorism really flourishes in areas of poverty, despair and hopelessness, where people see no future
The bottom line in all of it is that, in life, it's all about people.
You need to learn what people have done, but you need to learn where they have failed... Usually when they fail it is in the execution.
Leadership is all about people … and getting the most out of people.
Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.
We have to be on guard that we don't spend so much time worrying about terrorism and guarding ourselves that we start to lose the essence of who we are as an open, freedom-loving people, welcoming to the rest of the world.