"Keep looking below surface appearances. Don't shrink..." - Quote by Colin Powell

“I worked with the Nato Military Committee. The Head of the Luxembourg Armed Forces had equal standing with me, and I had to respect that. He was the leader of the armed forces of a sovereign country. I had to make sure he never thought that I was looking down on them, merely because they had less power than we did. With that kind of approach you can develop bonds of trust. I tried to do the same thing with my colleagues when I was Secretary of State.”

“We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed today: civic society development, education and economic development.”

“The most effective means of ensuring the government's accountability to the people is an aggressive, free, challenging, untrusting press.”

“Theory must mediate between all previous truths and certain new experiences”

“You don't have to be scared of me, because I am loyal. Why are people so scared of creative ideas and so scared of truth? All I want to do is do good.”

“People see things differently and remember things differently. It's why if somebody robs a liquor store and there are four witnesses they'll often disagree.”

“I think the reality of prison is you don't get anything unless you want it in there. Whatever happens to you in prison, this is what you asked for. Nothing happens to you if you don't give that vibe.”

“Strictly speaking, no activity and no industry is possible without a certain amount of violence, no matter how little. Even the very process of living is impossible without a certain amount of violence. What we have to do is to minimize it to the greatest extent possible.”

“The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.”