Quote by Colin Powell
We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in a

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us. – Colin Powell

Other quotes by Colin Powell

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced – the just demands of peace and security will be met – or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power. – Colin Powell

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Peace
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Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard. – Colin Powell

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work
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But their determination to banish fools foundered ultimately in the installation of absolute idiots. – Basil Bunting

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When government accepts responsibility for people, then people no longer take responsibility for themselves. – George Pataki

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There are a lot of good causes out there, but they cant possibly all be served by government. – Jesse Ventura

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Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed too severe, seldom executed. – Benjamin Franklin

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The moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out. – James Baldwin

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Why grab possessions like thieves, or divide them like socialists when you can ignore them like wise men? – Natalie Clifford Barney

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