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Former U S Secretary Of Defense Inspirational Quotes (123)

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Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet.
Donald Rumsfeld
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Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive.
Donald Rumsfeld
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It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.
Donald Rumsfeld
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A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.
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We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic.
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A few. . . critics are the only people I ever heard use the phrase 'imminent threat.' I didn't, the president didn't.
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[on Osama bin Laden] He is either alive and well or alive and not too well or not alive.
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And there is, I am certain, among the Iraqi people a respect for the care and the precision that went into the bombing campaign.
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Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.
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If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.
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You might be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater.
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I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.
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The United States isn't going to do anything that it's not capable of doing. And if we do something, we'll be capable of doing it.
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Control your own time. Don't let it be done for you. If you are working off the in-box that is fed you, you are probably working on the priority of others.
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The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.
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I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.
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Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
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When business accepts help from the government, it can be like going to bed with a hippopotamus. It's nice and warm for the moment, but then your bedmate rolls over and crushes you.
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What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of an exit strategy, focus on a strategy for success.
Donald Rumsfeld
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Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.
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We have an orientation that tends to make us think that everything is our responsibility and that we should be doing this. It is the Iraqis' country, 28 million of them. They are perfectly capable of running that country.
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Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help.
Donald Rumsfeld
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We'll have to deal with the networks. One of the ways to do that is to drain the swamp they live in. And that means dealing not only with the terrorists, but those who harbor terrorists. This will take a long, sustained effort. It will require the support of the American people as well as our friends and allies around the world.
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Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.
Donald Rumsfeld
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