Economy's got to get moving, we've got to get the unemployment rate down. That may be the defining issue of the campaign.
Colin PowellI think that military, corporate, and non-political organizations are pretty much similar.
Colin PowellI would caution my Republican friends that [Obama has] three years to go, and in that three years the American people are going to want to see some progress and not just claims that this guy is out of office and we're going to do everything to destroy him or that somehow he is a 'socialist' taking over the country. Have we so lost our faith in this country that we think one person, one man can be can suddenly change our entire system? That's kind of absurd.
Colin PowellBut just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.
Colin PowellThe United States stands willing to work with a transformed Palestinian Authority with new leaders coming to the front.
Colin PowellI think the American people want to see what we want to see, and that is for the Iraqi people to have a free, open, fair election, for their forces to be built up, for our reconstruction money to be used well, and for Iraqi security forces to take over so we can start bringing our troops home.
Colin Powell