Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
DONALD RUMSFELDThink ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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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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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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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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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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Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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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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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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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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Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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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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