Colin Powell Quotes (657 Quotes)

Some suggest we're distracted because of Iraq, ... but that's not the case. We are spending a great deal of time ... exploring a variety of options and avenues.

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

If you stand back a bit, ... you might see we have done very well in most parts of the world.

We want to find a solution which will allow Pakistan to move its forces away from the border so that we have less tension at that border, less opportunity for some incident to spark a conflict between the two sides.

For the time being the Bush administration says it's important to watch and wait as the next Israeli prime minister arranges his new government, ... This administration will keeps its fingers crossed the next Israeli leader will exercise restraint and won't be tested any time soon.

They're not going back there. I think they have discovered what democracy is about. They like it, and they want to be able to vote for their leaders.

We've made it clear, however, that we think it would be best for them to withdraw now... We're expecting other withdrawals to take place, the sooner the better,