If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
DONALD RUMSFELDRemember where you came from.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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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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There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
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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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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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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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First rule of politics: you can’t win unless you’re on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
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If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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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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Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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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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Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to moderate their egos.
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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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