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“In terms of the legal matter of creating a contract between two people that's called marriage, and allowing them to live together with the protection of law, it seems to me is the way we should be moving in this country.”

Quote by Colin Powell

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Colin Powell, born on April 5, 1937, is a former United States Secretary of State known for his significant contributions to American politics and the military. He served as the National Security Advisor and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Powell is renowned for his exceptional leadership and diplomatic skills, becoming the first African American Secretary of State in U.S. history. more

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“It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred.”

Asks Position Congress Outcomes Recommendations

Author:Colin Powell

“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.”

Should States Action Purpose Lost Loses United United States Security Mets Demand Resolution Regimes Council Doubted Legitimacy Security Council Peace And Security

Author:Colin Powell

“We all hoped in 2001 that we could put in place an Afghan government under President Karzai that would be able to control the country, make sure al-Qaeda didn't come back, and make sure the Taliban wasn't resurging. It didn't work out.”

Country Government Would Be Able President Work Out Als Al Qaeda Taliban Afghan

Author:Colin Powell

“Satire is people as they are; romanticism, people as they would like to be; realism, people as they seem with their insides left out.”

People Writing Seems Left Satire Realism Romanticism Left Out

Book:The Diaries of Dawn Powell, 1931-1965

Source: The Diaries of Dawn Powell, 1931-1965

“The human comedy is always tragic, but since its ingredients are always the same - dupe, fox, straight, like burlesque skits - the repetition through the ages is comedy.”

Humans Age Comedy Tragic Ingredients Foxes Repetition Dupes Burlesque Skit

Book:The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965

Source: The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965

“If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.”

Ifs Mean Ends Journey Travel Rivers Sight Ships Sail Sailing My Journey Sailing Ships

Author:Enoch Powell

“If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.”

Ifs Silence My Friends Silence Is

Author:Enoch Powell

“I do not keep a diary. Never have. To write a diary every day is like returning to one's own vomit.”

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Author:Enoch Powell

“When I repress my emotion my stomach keeps score.”

Emotion Score Stomach

Author:Enoch Powell

“No man ever looks at the world with pristine eyes. He sees it edited by a definite set of customs and institutions and ways of thinking.”

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Book:PATTERNS OF CULTURE

Source: PATTERNS OF CULTURE