Colin Powell

Another rule I have is: Don’t let your ego get tied up in a policy dispute. Otherwise, if things don’t go your way, you can end up breaking a relationship with somebody with whom you can’t afford to break.

Colin Powell

Bad news isn’t wine. It doesn’t improve with age.

Colin Powell

Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.

Colin Powell

Economy’s got to get moving, we’ve got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.

Colin Powell

Fit no stereotypes. Don’t chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the team’s mission.

Colin Powell

I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.

Colin Powell

I don’t know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community.

Colin Powell

I don’t want to spend the rest of my life giving speeches.

Colin Powell

I get over it quickly and never lose control of myself.

Colin Powell

I have always tried to do my job in a way that I have people give me different points of view.

Colin Powell