You could have heard a pin drop

When in England, at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked
> by the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example
> of empire building' by George Bush.
>
> He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United States has sent
> many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom
> beyond our borders.
>
> The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to
> bury those that did not return.'
>
> You could have heard a pin drop.