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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.

Donald Rumsfeld

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
Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Error Opportunity Serious
If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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Criticism Inspirational
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
Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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Argument Convenience Inevitable Integrity
If in doubt, don’t. If still in doubt, do what’s right.
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Doubt Inspirational Right
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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Imagination Knowledge
Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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Death Encouragement Tendency War
It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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Criticism Mistake Principle Task
Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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Government Human Being Politics
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Please Try
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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Deliver Failure President Price Truth
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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Deep Philosophy
Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Business Operation Planning Thinking
Remember where you came from.
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History One Liner Past Remember

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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