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

Quote by Colin Powell

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Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.

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.

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've...

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've...

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...

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position...

Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position...

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much...

Organization doesn't really accomplish anything. Plans don't accomplish anything, either. Theories of management don't much...

They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, it...

They were anticipating a different kind of immediate aftermath of the fall of Baghdad, it...

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured, but at the...

It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured, but at the...

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work...

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work...

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we...

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we...

Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites...

Don't be buffaloed by experts and elites. Experts often possess more data than judgment. Elites...

Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time.

Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time.

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back...

There's no tragedy in life like the death of a child. Things never get back...