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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

#about #argued #congress #court #deal

Until I was 42, I could fit everything that I owned into two suitcases. ↗

— Richard Powers

#everything #fit #i #into #owned

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

#communicate #disseminate #had #ideas #in the past

It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred. ↗

— Colin Powell

#certainly #congress #could #even #even worse

Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America. ↗

— Colin Powell

#competitor #look #pure #states #united

We don't consider the roles that we're taking in making the world the way it is. ↗

— Richard Powers

#making #roles #taking #way #world

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power. ↗

— Colin Powell

#also #council #demands #doubted #enforced

Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, because we're giving them children who have, you know, they're not ready to learn. And if they're not ready to learn by the third grade, they know they're behind. ↗

— Colin Powell

#ask #because #behind #children #giving

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

I think we will have a boy baby and he will be born on the 20th of August. Everyone else has a girl baby and at times I don't believe I should mind having a little Phyllis Dawn but Dearest wants a boy and I do. ↗

— Dawn Powell

#baby #believe #born #boy #dawn