Colin Powell Quotes on Politics (21 Quotes)

What I am interested in doing right now ... is bringing an end to the violence, bringing an end to this conflict, because what we need to do is get violence down so we can go forward as quickly as possible to find a political solution.

I hope ... I will be able to rally the Arab nations, the European Union, the United Nations and others around the proposition that we need to get to a cease-fire and get to a political discussion as soon as possible, ... Meet the Press.

trusted to use its enormous political, economic and -- above all -- military power wisely and fairly.

Some level of cooperation in dealing with this humanitarian crisis might translate into a higher level of political dialogue and cooperation. Let that be our hope.

Both a treaty and an executive agreement are legally binding in international law, ... It's a political judgment we'll be making in the days ahead.

He is the democratically elected president, but he has had difficulties in his presidency. And ... whether or not he is able to effectively continue as president is something that he will have to examine, ... I hope that he will examine it carefully considering the interests of the Haitian people.

Russia's democratic system seems not yet to have found the essential balance among the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government, ... Political power is not yet fully tethered to law.

We're looking to this meeting sometime this summer as a way of bringing together a variety of ideas about how one might move forward in the political process,

so strong that its success did not depend upon my own. We have transformed American politics.

We felt that this was a targeted killing of the kind that we have spoken out and condemned in the past, and we did so yesterday, both at the White House and in the State Department, ... Inside Politics.

Senator Kerry really would be well served by not throwing such charges around in a political campaign, ... I work very closely with the president.

The important thing now is for both sides to make a political judgment that the way out of this crisis is political and diplomatic, and not through conflict,

I don't have any politics, ... I just want to see you all live in a nicer community.

Every time one of these events happens, it takes us off the course we were on for a while, ... But it is a course that, ultimately, we have to get back to because no matter how many military operations one conducts, or how many suicide bombs are delivered, at the end of the day we have to find a political solution.

I think as the situation improves, and as people see that the economy is starting and as the political process picks up and Iraqis start to take responsibility for their own future, I think this will come under control,

We also had a good discussion on the role of the secretary-general and his representative in the political process in Iraq and how it should be captured in a resolution,

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.

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

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

We believe diplomatic, political pressure still has a role to play. And there are countries who have considerable influence with the North Koreans who will continue to apply pressure,

Politics is not bean bags. It's serious, tough stuff.