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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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I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?
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The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.
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Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
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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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There are things that we know, and there are things that we don't know. Then there are the things that we don't even know that we don't know. Those are the things that are the hardest.
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I believe what I said yesterday. I don't know what I said, but I know what I think and I assume it's what I said.
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Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put your head down, do the best job possible, let the flak pass, and work towards those goals.
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General Boykin has requested that an inspector general review this matter. And I have indicated that if that's his request, I think it's appropriate.
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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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There's another way to phrase that and that is that the absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. It is basically saying the same thing in a different way. Simply because you do not have evidence that something does exist does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn't exist.
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I tend over the years to have developed a certain hesitancy about believing that headlines tell the whole story.
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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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The natural state of man is to want to be free. To have opportunities. To have choices.
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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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When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.
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If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.
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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 try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it.
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One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.
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