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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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Don't divide the world into them and us.
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Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning.
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Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors is simply to confirm evidence of voluntary and total disarmament. Saddam Hussein has the responsibility to provide that evidence, as directed, and in full
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I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?
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If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.
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Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
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If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't I'll just respond cleverly.
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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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A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment.
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It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.
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Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.
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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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Remember where you came from.
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What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of an exit strategy, focus on a strategy for success.
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Have a deputy and develop a successor. Don't be consumed by the job or you'll risk losing your balance. Keep your mooring lines to the outside world - family, friends, neighbors, people out of government, and people who may not agree with you.
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They may have had time to destroy them, and I don't know the answer.
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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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Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
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The natural state of man is to want to be free. To have opportunities. To have choices.
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Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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