Quote From Colin Powell

“I distrust rigid ideology from any direction. . . ”

– Colin Powell
April 5, 1937 – present
1995, page 592, ISBN 0-345-40728-8

Quote From Colin Powell

“God provides us with guidance and inspiration, Not a legislative agenda.”

– Colin Powell
April 5, 1937 – present
1995, page 592, ISBN 0-345-40728-8

Quote From Colin Powell

“In preparing for the annual inspection in Vietnam and in all my future service, I would think of Wellington’s jam jars whenever the purpose of the mission seemed to get lost in bureaucracy.”

– Colin Powell
April 5, 1937 – present
1995, page 127, ISBN 0-345-40728-8

side note: you can find the story here… http://www.wellsoc.org/Anecdotes.htm

As well, from what I can find as well as others, it seems the story is false but the point remains.

Some places I looked…

• http://alt.usage.english.narkive.com/xHfWXBRE/is-the-duke-of-wellington-s-letter-a-forgery
• http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/639392/Arthur-Wellesley-1st-duke-of-Wellington
• https://www.gov.uk/government/history/past-prime-ministers/arthur-wellesley-1st-duke-of-wellington
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/wellington_duke_of.shtml