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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.

Donald Rumsfeld

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Dangerous Error Lack Margin
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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Lawyer Reduce Stream
Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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Need Option Preserve President
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Motivational Work Hard
Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Appropriate Learn Often
Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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Leadership Money Option President
Let your family, staff, and friends know that you’re still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.
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Family Friendship Person Position Publicity
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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Army War
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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Decision Government Imperfection Knowledge Politics Reflection War
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Knowledge Weakness
Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
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Criticism Publicity Receive
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Blame Boss Enough Problem
If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Please Try
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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Ballot Lose Politics Rule Win
The way to do well is to do well.
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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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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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