Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers – they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
DONALD RUMSFELDThose 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.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Remember where you came from.
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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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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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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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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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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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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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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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Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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