If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
DONALD RUMSFELDBe precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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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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Remember where you came from.
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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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With the press there is no ‘off the record.’
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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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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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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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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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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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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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Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
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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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