The way to do well is to do well.
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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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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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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Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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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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There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
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If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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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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It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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