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No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires.
Donald Rumsfeld
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Donald Rumsfeld
Age: 88 †
Born: 1932
Born: July 9
Died: 2021
Died: June 29
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Former U.S. Secretary Of Defense
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Donald Henry Rumsfeld
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Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
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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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Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force responsibility down and out. Find problem areas, add structure and delegate. The pressure is to do the reverse. Resist it.
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Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.
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If you try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it.
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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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Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.
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After the German abstention at the UN, Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle commented that Germany doesn't always have to stand on the side of its traditional allies. Berlin can look for new partners all over the world.
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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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I believe what I said yesterday. I don't know what I said, but I know what I think and I assume it's what I said.
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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.
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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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Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.
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First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
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