Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.
Colin PowellIn the army we are drilled into execution and then supervision, to make sure everything goes the way you planned it. But there is another thing that we do in the military, that I think perhaps isn't done enough in corporate life: As soon as you have made that decision, you start on the contingency planning. Because there is, as we like to say, a thinking, breathing enemy out there, who is not going to let you do just what you want.
Colin PowellI have seen many organizations where there is this sense of purpose in the headquarters but it never gets cascaded down to everybody within the organization.
Colin PowellThe United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front.
Colin Powell