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

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War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. – Colin Powell

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I dont know that there is much the United States can do except work with the international community. – Colin Powell

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work
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In other words, dont expect to always be great. Disappointments, failures and setbacks are a normal part of the lifecycle of a unit or a company and what the leader has to do is constantly be up and say we have a problem, lets go and get it. – Colin Powell

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Let the people think they govern, and they will be governed. – William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, 1693

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It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. – Andrew Jackson

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I decided to run for governor because I got mad… I want to make government more directly accountable to the people. – Jesse Ventura

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And some of what were doing in Government even now, some of the welfare reform programs that are helping lone mothers come into work are based on things that were very new under the Labour Government in the eighties. – Patricia Hewitt

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