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 actioncouncildemand share on social
It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?' Colin Powell angerbackdemonstration Change image and share on social
You don't know what you can get away with until you try. Colin Powell Change image and share on social
Look at the world. There is no pure competitor to the United States of America. Colin Powell americacompetitorpure Change image and share on social
It ain't as bad as you think. It will look better in the morning. Colin Powell badmorning Change image and share on social
We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government. Colin Powell dictatorformgive Change image and share on social
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 afghanbackcontrol share on social
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 differencediplomaticenemy Change image and share on social
Today I can declare my hope and declare it from the bottom of my heart that we will eventually see the time when that number of nuclear weapons is down to zero and the world is a much better place. Colin Powell bottomdeclareeventually Change image and share on social
Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age. Colin Powell agebadimprove Change image and share on social
