If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
DONALD RUMSFELDIf you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Remember where you came from.
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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.
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Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Whatever your position, reach out to those who know more than you do, and have been around longer than you have. Find those people. Listen carefully. And learn.
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If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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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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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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Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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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 a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
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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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Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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