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Donald Rumsfeld
Age: 88 †
Born: 1932
Born: July 9
Died: 2021
Died: June 29
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Businessperson
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Former U.S. Secretary Of Defense
Military Officer
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Chicago
Illinois
Donald Henry Rumsfeld
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... something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.
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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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Now, settle down, settle down. Hell, I'm an old man, it's early in the morning and I'm gathering my thoughts here.
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There will be good moments, and there will be less good moments.
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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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I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?
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It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.
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In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.
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Don't 'over-control' like a novice pilot. Stay loose enough from the flow that you can observe it, modify, and improve it.
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If there are people who yearn for the days when Saddam Hussein was in power, then I am not among them.
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You can have a broad popular democracy movement and have it end being taken over by the most vicious people and the result is you don't end up with free political systems or free economic systems, you end up with a handful of radicals controlling the country.
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I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.
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With the press there is no off the record.
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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.
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If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.
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When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.
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If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.
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Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost.
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