Colin Powell Quotes on Countries (21 Quotes)

We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.

There are a number of individuals in countries around the world who have been conveying the message to the Iraqi regime that it is now inevitable that there will be a change,

We will be in more intensive discussions on the basis of the Saudi initiative with Muslim countries to see if more support cannot be generated, ... The Saudis have indicated some conditions that would have to be met, as they see it, with respect to chain of command arrangements, with respect to whether the troops would be as an off-set to existing coalition troops in the country.

I wish it was possible for everything to be race-neutral in this country, but I'm afraid we're not yet at that point where things are race-neutral,

I enjoy serving my country. I enjoy this job, ... But are there difficult days, are there tough times Sure. These are tough issues. They're tough issues to get your mind around ... There are debates. Sometimes you win debates, sometimes you lose debates.

I don't want to give names or give you a count, because I think each country should speak for itself on a matter as important as this. So we would not be alone, that's for sure. I could rattle off at least a dozen off memory and I think there will be more.

This time, we want a better solution, we want a solution that involves all the countries in the region. I hope North Korea understands that,

that everything else has failed and now is the time to push and try because so many other countries are willing to be part of the effort.

Our goal is to move right through the fall season, improve security throughout the country, and have the elections as scheduled at the end of January of 2005, ... Late Edition.

But 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.

It will be good to see them again, and it will be good to reflect on what we accomplished and remind everybody this was a guy who invaded a country that had not done anything to him,

In accordance with this understanding, the two sides have agreed to restore the situation regarding the island that existed prior to July 2002. We believe this understanding is in the interests of both countries, and can serve as the basis for further steps in improving their bilateral relations.

Twelve years ago, there were very few Americans who could tell you what they were or anything about these countries,

The president-elect has made a commitment to ending corruption, to economic development, to social advancement within the country, ... Late Edition.

I don't think it's racism, I think it's economic. But poverty disproportionately affects African-Americans in this country. And it happened because they were poor.

If he were to leave the country and take some of his family members with him and others in the elite that have been responsible for so much trouble within his regime, we would of course help find a place for them to go,

I hope those who may be harboring these individuals realize the future of their country is being held at risk by allowing these individuals to remain free,

We have to make sure that all derogatory information we have on individuals who might be trying to get into the country are in that database, so that when our consular offices around the world receive a request for a visa and they put it into the database, we check every single name against our databases,

The United States presents a value system to the world that is based on democracy, based on economic freedom, based on individual rights for men and women, ... I think that is what makes us such a draw for nations around the world. People come to the United States to be educated, to become Americans. We are a country of countries and we touch every country, and every country in world touches us.

When people come together, go to each other's country, and watch a conflict being played out on the field of sport, as opposed to the field of battle... then why can't that same spirit, that same philosophy, infect other aspects of relations

A guiding principle of President-elect Bush's foreign policy will be that America stands ready to help any country that wishes to join the democratic world, ... Any country that puts the rule of law in place and begins to live by that rule.