Colin Powell Quotes on America (20 Quotes)

It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured, but at the same time too - in the eyes of the American people, in my judgment, it looked as if that somehow become more important than the main attack which was to fix the economy and get the Americans working again.

This is about Americans getting off the sidelines and getting onto the playing field, ... This is about each and every one of us who have been blessed by the wealth of this country sharing that blessing by reaching down and reaching back and lifting up somebody in need. That's what America is all about. That's what being American is all about.

We are doing it regardless of religion, ... but I think it does give the Muslim world -- and the rest of the world -- an opportunity to see American generosity, American values in action, where we care about the dignity of every individual and the worth of every individual.

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in.

I thought I would have an aneurysm. American GIs were not toy soldiers to be moved around on some sort of global game board.

Right now, today, not a single nation on the face of the Earth is being targeted by an American nuclear weapon on a day-to-day basis.

attempt on the part of the president or anyone else in the administration to mislead or deceive the American people.

You can take that message to the Afghan people that the American people are committed.

The answer we are going to give them is, 'Yes. America cares.'

The pictures stunned every American, ... They showed acts that are despicable. The president has spoken to this. It is totally out of character of what we would expect from our men and women in uniform.

When this administration took office the president committed to the American people and the people of the world that we would do everything we could about it,

We have almost 35 million, and one, Americans of African descent, ... Last year, total U. S.-African trade approached 30 billion and America is Africa's largest single market. The United States is the leading foreign investor in Africa.

With all the success we have, with all the wealth we have created, we have much more work to do and a long way to go to bring the promise of America to every single American, ... the problem is us. If we fail to give them what they need to be successful in life, the burden is on us, not our children.

President Reagan fueled the spirit of America. His smile, his optimism, his total belief in the ultimate triumph of democracy and freedom, and his willingness to act on that belief, helped end the Cold War and usher in a new and brighter phase of history.

I see great leaders everywhere I look today. Bill Gates Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Political leadership is a lot more difficult today . . . with no strong consensus on what should be done. But there are always leaders in America and in every generation of Americans.

I want to assure you that you will continue to enjoy the full support of the American government and the American people as you move forward to undertake the efforts that the Ukrainian people are expecting,

You can be sure of the American support of your efforts, political support, economic support and military support,

It's a partnership we have just signed that will allow us to expand our efforts with Texas, ... It's each and every one of us doing what we can do in our community ... to help youngsters who wonder if the American dream is there for them.

For the past two weeks now, we have had a major effort under way within the State Department to get to the bottom of the data error and determine what corrections were appropriate and to make those corrections so we could show those corrections to the American people,

I don't think the American people should be getting the impression their president and their government was not hard at work on this from day one,