With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope that at time it will be the kind of conscription that was put in at the end of the Vietnam War. And that is, everybody is equally liable to be called to serve the nation in time of conflict.
Colin PowellEconomy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.
Colin PowellIt isnโt enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflecting this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?'
Colin PowellA dream doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.
Colin Powell