Colin Powell Quotes


161 quotes:

"Far more Iraqis worry about our leaving too soon than about our staying too long, ... They need not worry, for we will neither leave too soon, nor stay too long."
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"Colonel Wilkerson does not speak for or work for him."
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Work Quotes
"Everybody knows what has to be done. The violence has to be brought down,"
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Violence Quotes
"Nobody is claiming that the level of violence is down where anybody could say it was either realistic or zero...But at the end of the day it is Mr Sharon who will make that judgment,"
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Violence Quotes
"encouraging both of them to do everything they can to reduce the level of violence."
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Violence Quotes
"It is very disturbing that the cycle of violence continues to go upward."
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Violence Quotes
"The looting and violence has gone down somewhat overnight,"
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Violence Quotes
"deeply disturbed at this new escalation of the violence."
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Violence Quotes
"We discussed how it was necessary for all sides to move away from violence and incitement and to lift the siege as soon as possible to get economic activity restarted,"
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Violence Quotes
"We discussed how it is necessary for all sides to move away from violence and incitement and how it is necessary to lift the siege as soon as possible so that economic activity can begin again in the region. The challenge is how to get the process started,"
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"In accordance with this understanding, the two sides have agreed to restore the situation regarding the island that existed prior to July 2002. We believe this understanding is in the interests of both countries, and can serve as the basis for further steps in improving their bilateral relations."
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Understanding Quotes
"There is clear understanding of the need for some kind of monitoring observer function."
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Understanding Quotes
"but the one thing I can assure you of is that it will be held in trust for the Iraqi people, to benefit the Iraqi people. That is a legal obligation that the occupying power will have."
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Trust Quotes
"No briefing book, no television picture can convey what really happened here."
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Television Quotes
"some of our embassies in addition to lacking up-to-date technology are not as secure as they should be - and so we have people who are not as secure as they should be."
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Technology Quotes
"Each donor will find its own way to contribute, but whatever form your support may take, it must be substantial because Iraq's requirements over the next few years are very substantial."
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Support Quotes
"We support that goal,"
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Support Quotes
"That was a big mistake. It should never have been in the speech. I didn't need Joseph Wilson to tell me that there wasn't a Niger connection. He didn't tell us anything we didn't already know. I never believed it."
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Speech Quotes
"There are ways to talk about security, and there are ways to talk about intent, but they'll include a pact that will require some form of Senate confirmation or some form of legislative procedure,"
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Security Quotes
"We seek nothing for ourselves other than to bring security"
Author: Powell Quotes Category: Security Quotes

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