Colin Powell Quotes on Security (17 Quotes)

We're trying to build a better future for the people of Afghanistan and the people of Iraq, ... what they need is security.

In our conversation today, most of the time was spent not on esoteric subjects but practical aspects of security how to arrange for the transfer of responsibility for Gaza, the details of the transfer, what are the outstanding issues that have to be dealt with before we can go forward with this transfer,

I will make those points to them, that the policy does exist to protect them, ... One of the reasons for our presence in the region, and one of the reasons we fought the Gulf War was...to bring a new sense of security to the region. And for the past ten years they have enjoyed that security.

The moment we find ourselves in now is a critical moment where we are being tested and where the Security Council of the United Nations and the international community is being tested,

Our policies have strengthened the security of neighbors of Iraq, and these are policies that we are going to keep in place, ... But we're always willing to review them to make sure that they're carried out in a way that does not affect the Iraqi people but does affect the Iraqi regime's ambition and ability to acquire weapons of mass destruction.

We've just begun our consultations, and I'm encouraged by what I've heard so far from the Security Council representatives that I have spoken to, ... but this is a consultation and it is a negotiation and we are just now starting to look at language, so I wouldn't want to prejudge what my Security Council colleagues will agree to.

In every conversation I've ever had with Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, we've talked about security, and we've also talked about the peace process, ... Late Edition With Wolf Blitzer.

begin restructuring the Palestinian Authority with the principal focus on security and ending terror and violence.

The real issue is how do we fix the security and how do we put the pressure on the Sudanese government to do what needs to be done and how do we get the international community more fully mobilized

Iraq's failings, and also puts forward a strengthened inspection regime that will be determined by the Security Council and not by Iraq so that Dr. Blix had all the authority to do the job that needs to be done.

He is a distinguished soldier, Marine, with long experience in the Middle East, particularly on security issues. He will be an invaluable addition to our team,

We will begin to share that with our friends on the Security Council. I can't tell you when the resolution will be passed, ... This Week.

participate in the work in Iraq either as part of the coalition effort or ... perhaps to provide security, facilities or protection to the U.N.

There is also no debate among my colleagues in the Security Council that we need to have a tough inspection regime that is any time, any place, anybody. The discussion is, how do you link consequences to their failure to act this time

Second, the inspections should give high priority to conducting interviews with scientists and other witnesses outside of Iraq where they can speak freely. Under the terms of Security Council Resolution 1441, Iraq is obligated -- it is their obligation to make such witnesses available to U.N. weapons inspectors,

The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power.

hanging around with my buddies here -- in the interchange between professionals who are dedicated to the role they played in the national tapestry of security for the nation.