Colin Powell in Sunday Political Talk Show interviews during 2013-2015

On Civil Rights: We have not yet fully accomplished MLK's dream

POWELL: I think it would show that enormous progress has been made. African-Americans and other minorities have moved to the top of every institution in American society, whether it's politics in the form of the president; or in the military; or in finance, or in corporate America, in media America. And we should be so proud of our accomplishments. But at the same time, that mirror should show us that there are still problems in this country, that there is still racial bias that exists in certain parts of our country. So I would say--and if Dr. King was here, I'm quite sure he would say--congratulations on all the progress that has been made, but let's keep going, the dream is not fully achieved yet.

On Government Reform: Voter ID laws unnecessarily make minority voting harder

POWELL: I would have preferred that they did not reach such a conclusion, but they did. The concern I have now is that many states are putting in place procedures that make it a little bit harder to vote. You need a photo ID. Well, you didn't need a photo ID for decades before. Is it really necessary now? And they claim that there is widespread abuse and voter fraud. But nothing substantiates that. There isn't widespread abuse. These kinds of procedures being put in place to slow the process down and make it likely that fewer Hispanics & African-Americans might vote I think are going to backfire because these people are going to come out and do what they have to do in order to vote. And I encourage that