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Letter "C" » Colin Powell Quotes
«We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan and put wonderful young men and women at risk, many of whom have lost their lives, and we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in.»
Author: Colin Powell
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Afghanistan, at risk, bury, burying ground, in Afghanistan, last year, recently, repeatedly, shores
«Don't let adverse facts stand in the way of a good decision»
«Bad news isn't wine. It doesn't improve with age.»
«Command is lonely.»
«90% of my time is spent on 10% of the world.»
«Don't let your ego get too close to your position, so that if your position gets shot down, your ego doesn't go with it.»
Author: Colin Powell
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close down
«First, we're going to cut it off, then we're going to kill it»
Author: Colin Powell
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kill off
«Free speech is intended to protect the controversial and even outrageous word; and not just comforting platitudes too mundane to need protection.»
«War is war and there will be casualties,»
Author: Colin Powell
«That might well be the case,»
Author: Colin Powell
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