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If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude.

— Colin Powell The Powell Principles (2003)

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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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