Political Quotes

Colin Powell

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Sep 13, 2016

Everything Hillary Rodham Clinton touches, she kind of screws up with hubris.

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May 23, 2016

Guantanamo has cost us a lot over the years in terms of our standing in the world and the way in which despots have hidden behind what we have done at Guantanamo.

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Feb 2, 2016

what was happening in Darfur to be a genocide.

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Jun 2, 2015

To complement the official State Department computer in my office, I installed a laptop computer on a private line. My personal email account on the laptop allowed me direct access to anyone online. I started shooting emails to my…

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Mar 23, 2015

We cannot kill ideas with bombs--we must change hearts and minds.

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Mar 10, 2014

I think universal health care is one of the things we should really be focused on, and I hope that will happen.

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Dec 8, 2013

We are a wealthy enough country with the capacity to make sure that every one of our fellow citizens has access to quality health care.

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Dec 4, 2013

A great man left us today and went to his reward. Nelson Mandela, Madiba led his people to freedom and his example inspired the world. I was privileged to know him.

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Nov 12, 2013

The solution to ongoing VA problems must also include the retirement of Secretary Eric Shinseki.

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Nov 12, 2013

Being responsible sometimes means making some people very mad.

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