Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
DONALD RUMSFELDRemember where you came from.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
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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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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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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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Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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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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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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Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be successfully implemented.
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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