Colin Powell Quotes on Opportunity (17 Quotes)


    We all talked to Woodward. It was part of our instructions from the White House, ... It was an opportunity to help him write a contemporary history of this period.

    We will continue to work with UNMOVIC the U.N. Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission and IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency and will consult with other members of the council to see what conclusions the council members arrive at, and to see whether or not more evidence can be brought forward to make the case to the council that Iraq has totally missed this opportunity,

    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.

    wonderful opportunities and daunting challenges.

    It is an early step. A lot more has to happen in the days ahead to make sure that this opportunity is not lost,


    We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

    making the point that President Bush has made, that this is a moment of opportunity.

    Powell is one of the nation's most respected war veterans, and the placement of his address on education, race relations and the expansion of social and economic opportunity would seem expertly timed. With the opening of the convention's third session on Tuesday evening, members of the GOP faithful will shift gears to consider the theme Strength and Security with A Purpose Safe in our Homes and in the World, ... Opportunity with a Purpose.


    We have to make sure he is denied the opportunity to continue moving in this direction, ... We have to make sure that we do everything we can to contain him, to constrain him, to get inspectors back in under the terms of the U.N. resolutions.

    It doesn't have to be characterized as, We're going to see an enemy or we're going to see this, we're going to see that, ... We're going to talk to another powerful nation on arranged agenda items where we have an opportunity to cooperate and where we hav

    However, Powell added that Washington would will continue to search for a solution, continue to be open to the opportunity for talks, ... We hope that the North Korean leadership will realize the folly of their actions.

    I second what the secretary general said. Let's see this as an opportunity to resolve these two long-running crises.

    Iraq continues not to provide the inspectors what they need to do the job and disarm Iraq, so this will be an opportunity for me to discuss this once again with my Chinese colleagues and point out to them that the United States feels strongly that we cannot just allow inspections to continue forever, and the answer is not more inspectors, the answer is Iraq compliance,

    This is a time to be patient ... an opportunity to decide what kind of a government will be formed.

    This is a time for prompt action to take advantage of this new window of opportunity that has been presented to us, and we intend to do just that,

    The time for Iraq to respond was years ago, ... They now have an opportunity to respond now with this new resolution. But what we cannot allow to have happen is to get into this haggling and listening to the duplicitous comments that are constantly coming out of Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz.


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