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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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Members of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate are not there by accident. Each managed to get there for some reason. Learn what it was and you will know something important about them, about our country and about the American people.
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If you look ahead 10 years, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the people of Russia had become fans of missile defence.
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.
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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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At 78 years old, I am not surprised at much anymore. Germany has taken divergent positions before, so has France, so has England, so has the US.
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[on Osama bin Laden] He is either alive and well or alive and not too well or not alive.
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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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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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There will be good moments, and there will be less good moments.
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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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I think we ought to have a new rule: You can ask two questions, and then we can pick the one we want to answer.
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The Cold War was a war, and we won it.
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Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.
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Napoleon was asked, Who do you consider to be the greatest generals? He responded saying, The victors.
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With the press there is no off the record.
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Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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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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