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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
Military Officer
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Chicago
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Donald Henry 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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In unanimity there may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking.
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Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.
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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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Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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Don't divide the world into them and us.
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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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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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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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If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.
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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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