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Donald Rumsfeld

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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Earn Money Tax
Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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Government Human Being Politics
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
Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
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Improvement Performance President Value Wonder
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Media Record
The way to do well is to do well.
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Inspirational One Liner
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
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
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 in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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Decision Doubt President
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Dangerous Error Lack Margin
Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Business Operation Planning Thinking
Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Leadership Money Option President
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.
DONALD RUMSFELD

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