The twin task of stock-taking and resolution-making is a worthy discipline -- and not just for individuals. We resolve to expand freedom.
We resolve to promote prosperity.
We are resolved for peace. Freedom, prosperity and peace are not separate principles, or separable policy goals. Each reinforces the other, so serving any one requires an integrated policy that serves all three. The challenges are many, for the world is full of trouble. But it is also full of opportunities, and we are resolved to seize every one of them. Colin Powell has published this op-ed in the New Years Day edition of the New York Times. What We Will Do in 2004 | 
