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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.

Donald Rumsfeld

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

Government Human Being Politics
If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
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Knowledge Weakness
Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
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Death Encouragement Tendency War
Everyone’s saying you can’t do anything until you can do everything.
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Motivational Work Hard
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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Bsuiness Motivational Politics Risk
Think ahead. Don’t let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
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Business Operation Planning Thinking
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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Blame Boss Enough Problem
If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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Fact Intelligence
Let’s stick something in the ground and not pretend that it’s perfect.
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Ground Perfection Pretend
Every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
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Enjoyment Error Opportunity Serious
Let your family, staff, and friends know that you’re still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.
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Family Friendship Person Position Publicity
If you try to please everybody, somebody’s not going to like it.
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Please Try
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
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
Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Edge Leadership Necessary
You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.
DONALD RUMSFELD

Army War

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