Logo
Quote by Colin Powell
We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan governme

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 didnt come back, and make sure the Taliban wasnt resurging. It didnt work out. – Colin Powell

Other quotes by Colin Powell

Fit no stereotypes. Dont chase the latest management fads. The situation dictates which approach best accomplishes the teams mission. – Colin Powell

Category:
best
Author
Colin Powell
Read Quote

In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people thats called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country. – Colin Powell

Category:
legal
Author
Colin Powell
Read Quote

I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them. – Colin Powell

Category:
Marriage
Author
Colin Powell
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Government
category

We are fast approaching the stage of the ultimate inversion: the stage where the government is free to do anything it pleases, while the citizens may act only by permission which is the stage of the darkest periods of human history, the stage of rule by brute force. – Ayn Rand

Category:
Government

Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half. – Sandra Day OConnor

Category:
Government

I think the way things have been left after Iraq is that people wont believe the Government of the day, so they have to know that lessons have been learnt and that all political parties and people, whether they were for or against the invasion of Iraq, have learnt lessons. – William Hague

Category:
Government

We should not have the U.S. government buying stock in American industries – the financial industry or any other industry. – Rand Paul

Category:
Government

Random Quotes

The Utopia the bible seems to want would have people hate evil when it is time to hate and suggests that people who turn away from the world to follow His word would in turn be hated and those people who hate them are to be humiliated in the end. – James Dye

Category:
Paradise, Utopia

Kids are brought into show business because they are cute and see truth and theyre very bright. But theres a sense of doing it because you want the adults to be approving of you. You want to make them happy. – Anna Chlumsky

Category:
Business

Im not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. Ive always been a freak. So Ive been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. Im one of those people. – John Lennon

Category:
Change

Im sure we, the American people, are the butt of jokes by those in power. – Alice Walker

Category:
power