their own narrow ambitions and own narcissistic impulses. powell had an ability, like so many of our greatest leaders, to turn what i would call the m in me upside down, so it represented a w in we, and that s the way i thought about him. it was deeply ingrained in the military. he was a man of service and you know, i argued, my wife lindsay and i argued of the u.n. speech, why didn t colin powell resign, and i thought to myself, only two secretaries of state in history of the republic have ever resigned over principle, williams jennings bryant, disagreed with wilson s policies in world war i and cy advance after carter s aborted failed rescue operation for the iranian hosages. i don t think resignation was something that powell could contemplate. i think he was simply too tethered to the notion that he had to serve, and i think in that particular instance, i