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It goes to countries where women can work, children can read, and entrepreneurs can dream.

— Colin Powell

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I don't think I have anything to be ashamed of or apologize for with respect to what America has done for the world.

There can be no doubt that Saddam Hussein has biological weapons and the capability to rapidly produce more, many more.

Our strategy in going after this army is very simple. First we are going to cut it off, and then we are going to kill it.

I may be down, but never out. An infantry officer can do anything.

It Worked For Me (2012)

But there comes a time when soft power or talking with evil will not work where, unfortunately, hard power is the only thing that works.

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There is a Lady sweet and kind,
Was never face so pleased my mind;
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And yet I love her till I die.

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To call woman the weaker sex is a libel; it is man's injustice to woman.

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal.

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