You should never be so involved with your position/job that when the position is gone your entire self image is gone with it.
Colin PowellWe are not sure to what extent Saddam's [Hussein ] own people were conveying an incorrect picture to him. But this body of evidence was believed not only by President George W. Bush. President Bill Clinton used that same body of intelligence before bombing Iraq in 1998.
Colin PowellWar 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