Remember where you came from.
DONALD RUMSFELDFirst 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.
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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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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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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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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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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If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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With the press there is no ‘off the record.’
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Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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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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