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Command is lonely. (Colin Powell)
Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much matter. Endeavors succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the best people will you accomplish great deeds. View quote
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Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around corners. Also look for loyalty, integrity, a high energy drive, a balanced ego and the drive to get things done. View quote
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Be careful what you choose. You may get it. View quote
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Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision. View quote
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The United States presents a value system to the world that is based on democracy, based on economic freedom, based on individual rights for men and women, ... I think that is what makes us such a draw for nations around the world. People come to the United States to be educated, to become Americans. We are a country of countries and we touch every country, and every country in world touches us. View quote
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It takes more courage to send men into battle than to fight the battle yourself. View quote
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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. View quote
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The ties that bind us are stronger than the occasional stresses that separate us. View quote
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Use the formula P=40 to 70, in which P stands for the probability of success and the numbers indicate the percentage of information acquired. Once the information is in the 40 to 70 range, go with your gut. View quote
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Remain calm. Be kind. (Colin Powell)
President Reagan fueled the spirit of America. His smile, his optimism, his total belief in the ultimate triumph of democracy and freedom, and his willingness to act on that belief, helped end the Cold War and usher in a new and brighter phase of history. View quote
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Time is passing, ... We have to look at the reality of the situation and ... redouble our efforts and get on with it. View quote
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Have a vision. Be demanding. View quote
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When you decide to get involved in a military operation in a place like Syria, you've got to be prepared, as we learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, to become the government, and I'm not sure any country, either the United States or I don't hear of anyone else, who's willing to take on that responsibility. View quote
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A sense of shame is not a bad moral compass. View quote
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Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign. View quote
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We are rather candid with them about the nature of their political processes and the state of development of their institutions, but they are looking to the West because they know that's where success lies. View quote
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Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to needprotection. View quote
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It's not just a matter of whether you support Obama or Romney. It's who they have coming with them. I always keep my powder dry, as they say in the military. View quote
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I want to scare the hell out of the rest of the world. (Colin Powell)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Far from being the Great Satan, I would say that we are the Great Protector. View quote
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