"The claims made about Iraq's WMD capabilities..." - Quote by Colin Powell

“In my 35 years in the army I was in school for 6 years. I think corporations should take a look at whether they are investing enough in the development of their human capital.”

“Some people naturally have a sense of empathy and an understanding of how to bring their followers to do things. They become great politicians.”

“The Army will take its lessons learned. They're excellent at looking into themselves and reflecting on what did we do right, what did we do wrong.”

“A railroad is like a lie you have to keep building it to make it stand.”

“The judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth.”

“In politics, the truth is strictly optional and that also seems to be true in parts of the media.”

“I find it amusing that those who helped to authorize and engineer the biggest foreign policy disaster in our generation are now criticizing me for making sure that we are on the right battlefield and not the wrong battlefield in the war against terrorism.”

“We are engaging in the diplomatic efforts that are required within Iraq among the Shia, the Sunni and the Kurd, among friends, like Egypt, and Turkey and Saudi Arabia, but also enemies like Iran and Syria. They have to have buy-in into that process.”

“I think the American people want to see what we want to see, and that is for the Iraqi people to have a free, open, fair election, for their forces to be built up, for our reconstruction money to be used well, and for Iraqi security forces to take over so we can start bringing our troops home.”