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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.

Donald Rumsfeld

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Donald Rumsfeld
Age: 88 †
Born: 1932
Born: July 9
Died: 2021
Died: June 29
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Businessperson
Diplomat
Former U.S. Secretary Of Defense
Military Officer
Politician
Chicago
Illinois
Donald Henry Rumsfeld
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There's another way to phrase that and that is that the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. It is basically saying the same thing in a different way. Simply because you do not have evidence that something does exist does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn't exist.
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We do have a saying in America: if you're in a hole, stop digging ..... erm, I'm not sure I should have said that.
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No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires.
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Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.
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I think it's very useful for you folks (reporters) to try your damndest to be precise. And don't repeat things that are inaccurate if you can possibly avoid it. And when you see things that are inaccurate, knock them down -- because there's a bucket of it floating around.
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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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General Boykin has requested that an inspector general review this matter. And I have indicated that if that's his request, I think it's appropriate.
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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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The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.
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Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal.
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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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Pieces of intelligence, scraps of intelligence...you run down leads and you run down leads, and you hope that sometimes it works.
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When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.
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We do know that the Iraqi regime has chemical and biological weapons. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of chemical weapons - including VX, sarin, cyclosarin and mustard gas. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of biological weapons—including anthrax and botulism toxin, and possibly smallpox.
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If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.
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When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.
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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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We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic.
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Remember where you came from.
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Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.
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