It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
DONALD RUMSFELDRemember where you came from.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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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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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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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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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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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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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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The way to do well is to do well.
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Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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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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There are no “knowns.” There are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we do not know we don’t know.
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If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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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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Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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