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Fit no stereotypes. Don't chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team's mission.

~Colin Powell

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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.

~Colin Powell

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We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken.

~Colin Powell

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In 2008, I spoke out against calling the president a Muslim as if that was a curse. And then in 2012, once again, I was very disturbed about some of the intolerance I was seeing in the party, so I made a statement saying there's a level of intolerance in some parts of the Republican Party. And there was, and I think there still is.

~Colin Powell

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As I have done in every election since I started voting so many years ago, 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.

~Colin Powell

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Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah.

~Colin Powell

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People have asked me, 'What would you have done if you hadn't gone into the Army?' I'd say I'd probably be a bus driver. I don't know.

~Colin Powell

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Standing in support of children is something we should all be able to get behind, regardless of party affiliation.

~Colin Powell

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The commander in the field is always right and the rear echelon is wrong, unless proved otherwise.

~Colin Powell

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Never let your ego get so close to your position that when your position goes, your ego goes with it.

~Colin Powell

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Statesman

Born: April 5th, 1937

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