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.
DONALD RUMSFELDThere 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.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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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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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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There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
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The way to do well is to do well.
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With the press there is no ‘off the record.’
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Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors persist or if the fit feels wrong, help them move on. The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.
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Remember where you came from.
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If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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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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