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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.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Any Citizens Community Country Educate Going Government Important More Need Obligation Replace Than Those Throughout Understand Us Who

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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.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Afghanistan Any Anyone Anyone Else Be Prepared Become Country Decide Either Else Get Got Government Hear Involved Iraq Learned Like Military Military Operation Operation Place Prepared Responsibility States Sure Syria Take United United States Willing You

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We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Dictator Form Gave Got Government Iraqi Iraqi People Life New New Life Opportunity People Representative Rid Terrible

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You need to understand, if you take out a government, take out a regime, guess who becomes the government and regime and is responsible for the country? You are. So if you break it, you own it.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Becomes Break Country Government Guess Need Out Own Regime Responsible Take Understand Who You

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We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.

~Colin Powell

Topics: Able Afghan Al-Qaeda Back Come Control Could Country Government Hoped Make Out Place President Put Sure Taliban Work Work Out Would

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In the 1930s, the government paid writers to interview 80- and 90-year-old former slaves, and I read those accounts. I came away realizing - not surprisingly - that many slave masters were sadists who spent a lot of time thinking up creative ways of hurting people.

~Colson Whitehead

Topics: Accounts Away Came Creative Former Government Hurting Interview Lot Many Masters Paid People Read Realizing Slave Slaves Spent Surprisingly Thinking Those Time Up Ways Were Who Writers I Came 1930S

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The Canadian government continues to say they will not help us if we go to war with Iraq. However, the prime minister of Canada said he'd like to help, but he's pretty sure that last time he checked, Canada had no army.

~Conan O'Brien

Topics: Army Canada Canadian Checked Go Government Had He Help However Iraq Last Last Time Like Minister Pretty Prime Prime Minister Said Say Sure Time Us War Will

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When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk.

~Condoleezza Rice

Topics: Corporate Going Government Ladder Risk Some Take Up You

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Now, al Qaeda's on the run. Afghanistan is no longer a base of operations. The Afghan government is a friendly government that is trying to bring democracy to its people.

~Condoleezza Rice

Topics: Afghan Afghanistan Al Base Bring Democracy Friendly Government Longer Now Operations People Run Trying Qaeda

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An oppressive government is more to be feared than a tiger.

~Confucius

Topics: Feared Government More Oppressive Than Tiger

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