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 RUMSFELDTest ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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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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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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If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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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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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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The way to do well is to do well.
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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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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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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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If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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