Preserve the President’s options. He may need them.
DONALD RUMSFELDIt is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
More Donald Rumsfeld Quotes
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Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was – by a taxpayer.
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If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
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Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.
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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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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that’s just a fact.
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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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Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the customers.
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It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
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If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
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If it were a fact, it wouldn’t be called intelligence.
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Remember where you came from.
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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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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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