Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

Quote by Colin Powell

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Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt,...

Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt,...

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.

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or...

But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or...

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

I try to be the same person I was yesterday.

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...

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when...

Have fun in your command. Don't always run at a breakneck pace. Take leave when...

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 was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got...

I was born in Harlem, raised in the South Bronx, went to public school, got...

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your...

Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your...

When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you...

When we are debating an issue, loyalty means giving me your honest opinion, whether you...

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

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.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.

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...

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

No battle plan survives contact with the enemy.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

The healthiest competition occurs when average people win by putting above average effort.

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...

When I first started here, I was sitting in the ditch thinking, 'What the heck...

When I first started here, I was sitting in the ditch thinking, 'What the heck...

It was an enormous mistake for us to try to occupy that country after June...

It was an enormous mistake for us to try to occupy that country after June...

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our...

Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our...