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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.

Donald Rumsfeld

Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Government Human Being Politics
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Motivational Work Hard
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
Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Edge Leadership Necessary
If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Please Try
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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Challenge Interesting Life Public Service Time
If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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Fact Intelligence
Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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Need Option Preserve President
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
Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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Ill Shoes Speak Success Walk
Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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Leadership Money Option President
The way to do well is to do well.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Inspirational One Liner
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
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Dangerous Error Lack Margin
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.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Imagination Knowledge
Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Business Operation Planning Thinking

If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.

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