Political Quotes

Colin Powell

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Oct 17, 2021

I have never seen anything or experienced anything like this in my many years of public service. Yesterday was a national disgrace, but we will come through it. But, once again, we see President Trump doing things that are absolutely…

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Oct 17, 2021

The Republican Party, the president, thought they were so immune, they can go say anything they wanted. And even more troubling, the Congress would just sit there and not, in any way, resist what the president is doing. And the one word I…

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Oct 17, 2021

It was awful. He was going in there to overturn the government.

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Sep 6, 2021

You have to break the war on terror entirely. You have to as Colin Powell once said, of the Yurok army, cut it off and then kill it.

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Aug 25, 2020

As secretary of state, I'm obliged not to participate in any way, shape, fashion, or form in a political debate. I take no sides in the matter.

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Aug 21, 2020

With Joe Biden in the White House, you will never doubt that he will stand with our friends and stand up to our adversaries.

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Aug 18, 2020

Joe Biden will be a president we will all be proud to salute.

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Aug 17, 2020

I support Joe Biden for the presidency of the United States because those values still define him. And we need to restore those values to the White House.

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Jan 13, 2020

I am worried that this action has made us less safe but I am also worried about the reputational damage that it has done.

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Jan 13, 2020

For years, Democratic and Republican presidents have urged countries to avoid cultural and historical sites in wartime.

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Jun 12, 2017

We need a frank conversation about what we stand for as that 'shining city on a hill.'

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Jan 30, 2017

I think we should make China veto something 20 times in a row, see how they like it the 21st time.

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