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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.

Donald Rumsfeld

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
Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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Death Encouragement Tendency War
The way to do well is to do well.
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Inspirational One Liner
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
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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Evidence Existence
Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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Dangerous Error Lack Margin
Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection.
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Decision Government Imperfection Knowledge Politics Reflection War
Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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Government Human Being Politics
Whatever your position, reach out to those who know more than you do, and have been around longer than you have. Find those people. Listen carefully. And learn.
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Care Leadership Learm People Position
Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers – they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
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Lawyer Reduce Stream
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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Consult Decision Ideas Market Perspective Test
Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Edge Leadership Necessary
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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Need Option Preserve President
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
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational

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