If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
DONALD RUMSFELDTreat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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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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Remember where you came from.
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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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Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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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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The way to do well is to do well.
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Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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