Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.

Quote by Colin Powell

Topics: Speech Quotes

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in...

If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in...

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have...

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have...

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not...

Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink from doing so just because you might not...

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But...

Some of the generals are saying, 'We're making progress. We are clearing an area.' But...

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

You don't know what you can get away with until you try.

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

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

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

90 percent of my time is spent on 10 percent of the world.

The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts...

The United States is not stingy. We are the greatest contributor to international relief efforts...

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

Success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty, and persistence.

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

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

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody...

The only bipartisanship you ever see is when they finally sign a bill and everybody...

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning.

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which...

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which...

Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around...

Look for intelligence and judgment and, most critically, a capacity to anticipate, to see around...

I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I...

I made the case to Gen. Franks and Secretary Rumsfeld before the president that I...

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under...

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under...

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will...

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will...

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Experts often possess more data than judgment.

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not...

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not...