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You might be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater.

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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Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.
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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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I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons.
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In unanimity there may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking.
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There will be good moments, and there will be less good moments.
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When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany.
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Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children.
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Any country on the face of the Earth with an active intelligence program knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.
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Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.
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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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The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It's to change the behavior of the people that are being terrorized.
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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 in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.
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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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When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so as to evoke broader policy guidance. This can help to answer a range of similar issues likely to arise later.
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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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