Colin Powell 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,"

"The moment we find ourselves in now is a critical moment where we are being tested and where the Security Council of the United Nations and the international community is being tested,"

"This is very regrettable"

"Colonel Wilkerson does not speak for or work for him."

"Sgt. Jenkins is, of course, a deserter from the U.S. Army and those charges remain outstanding,"

"Sgt. Jenkins is, of course, a deserter from the U.S. Army and those charges are still outstanding."

"If the international community does not take immediate action, countless deaths and terrible tragedy are certain to follow,"

"Get mad, then get over it."

"We have a way out of this crisis. It's called the Mitchell plan,"

"it might have been better for members of Congress who have heard these stories to ask us about the stories before going public with them so we don't make a difficult situation that much more difficult."

"That's why it's even more important than ever before to get the cycle moving in the other direction,"

"The only answer to the problems of insufficient democracy and incomplete economic reform is more democracy and more economic reform, ... The past year has been a difficult one, where our beliefs have been tested. But it has also been a time when our convictions have been confirmed, and that is what makes me optimistic moving forward."

"[Calling the discovery] most worrisome, ... on wheels and on rails."

"capture as much of that convergence as possible and to see what we are able to come to agreement on."

"Was the vice president determined that we had to do something about Saddam Hussein and that evil regime? You bet he was."

"They have blood on their hands from September 11 and from other acts against America in Kenya, Tanzania and Yemen,"

"It was provided in good faith to the inspectors and our agency received it in good faith, not participating ... in any way in any falsification activities."

"Syria does not want to be a safe haven in the aftermath of Operation Iraqi Freedom,"

"I hope that both sides will realize this is not the solution to any problem and that Macedonia should be free to live in peace without being attacked,"

"There's no basis for the story to begin with, and we're doing our jobs together."