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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
Illinois
Donald Henry Rumsfeld
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Now, settle down, settle down. Hell, I'm an old man, it's early in the morning and I'm gathering my thoughts here.
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Remember where you came from.
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Every country should be tired of going to war. War is a terrible thing. If I had been in Congress, as much as I would be inclined naturally to be supportive of a president, any president, I would have voted no, had the issue come to a vote.
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... something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.
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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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When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.
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Never assume the other fellow will not do something you wouldn't do.
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Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, 'The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind'.
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In unanimity there may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking.
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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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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.
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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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Certainty without power can be interesting, even amusing. Certainty with power can be dangerous.
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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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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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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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No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires.
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Pieces of intelligence, scraps of intelligence...you run down leads and you run down leads, and you hope that sometimes it works.
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Don't divide the world into them and us.
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