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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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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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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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If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.
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Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.
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If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.
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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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Is it likely that an aircraft carrier or a cruise missile is going to find a person?
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No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires.
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Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.
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When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.
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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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Then there are three or four countries that have said they won't do anything. I believe Libya, Cuba and Germany are ones that have indicated they won't help in any respect.
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The Cold War was a war, and we won it.
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The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.
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Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
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No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.
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We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.
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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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Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.
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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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