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If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.

Donald Rumsfeld

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
Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Edge Leadership Necessary
Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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Need Option Preserve President
With the press there is no ‘off the record.’
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Media Record
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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Ego Government Moderate People President
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Dangerous Error Lack Margin
Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Business Operation Planning Thinking
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
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
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Motivational Work Hard
The way to do well is to do well.
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Inspirational One Liner
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Argument Convenience Inevitable Integrity
If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Please Try
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
There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Fact Lie People

If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.

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