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There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.

Donald Rumsfeld

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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Death Encouragement Tendency War
Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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Customer Distance Management Organization
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
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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Ego Government Moderate People President
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Blame Boss Enough Problem
Prune – prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
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Activity Business People Product
Agreement can always be reached by increasing the generality of the conclusion; when this is done, the form is generally preserved but only the illusion of policy is created.
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Agreement Conclusion Creation Illusion Increase Policy
Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Appropriate Learn Often
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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Business Error Move On People Performance Politics Training Wrong
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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Expectation Improvement Inspect Measure Military Rule
If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Please Try
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
First rule of politics: you can’t win unless you’re on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
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Ballot Lose Politics Rule Win
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
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Argument Convenience Inevitable Integrity
The way to do well is to do well.
DONALD RUMSFELD

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