It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
DONALD RUMSFELDIf you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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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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The way to do well is to do well.
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Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
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Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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There are known knowns, things we know that we know; and there are known unknowns, things that we know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns, things we do not know we don’t know.
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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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Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Remember where you came from.
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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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What you measure improves.” A corollary rule in the military is that “You get what you inspect, not what you expect.
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Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn’t exist.
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Let your family, staff, and friends know that you’re still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.
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If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don’t tell him the truth. Others won’t do it.
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