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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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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. ↗

— Colin Powell

#last #our #our people #people #politics

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

#citizens #community #country #educate #going

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy. ↗

— 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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Foe means enemy. Now, will we have differences of opinion with the Russians? Yes. Will they get mad at us from time to time, and we get mad at them? That's part of the normal diplomatic relations. ↗

— Colin Powell

#diplomatic #diplomatic relations #enemy #foe #from time to time

In the past, those who had ideas they wished to communicate to the public had the unquestioned right to disseminate those ideas in an open marketplace, called a mall, we should not abridge that right. ↗

— Sol Wachtler

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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

#afghan #al-qaeda #back #come #control

A novel is like a gland pill - it nips off the cream of my hysterics and gets them running on track in a book where they belong instead of rioting all over my person. ↗

— Dawn Powell

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In last year's local elections in Manchester a third of those who voted did so by post. It's not just that people are choosing to get postal votes, but having one makes it much more likely that they'll vote. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#did #elections #get #having #just