Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.
DONALD RUMSFELDPreserve the President’s options. He may need them.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Presidential leadership needn’t always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
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Don’t speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn’t walk in their shoes.
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Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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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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Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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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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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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If in doubt, move decisions up to the President.
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The way to do well is to do well.
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Learn to say ‘I don’t know.’ If used when appropriate, it will be often.
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Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
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