If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
DONALD RUMSFELDIf you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Agreement can always be reached by increasing the generality of the conclusion; when this is done, the form is generally preserved but only the illusion of policy is created.
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Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers – they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
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There are no “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.
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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.
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Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
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