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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 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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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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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 very difficult to spend federal (the taxpayers') dollars so that the intended result is achieved.
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You can have a broad popular democracy movement and have it end being taken over by the most vicious people and the result is you don't end up with free political systems or free economic systems, you end up with a handful of radicals controlling the country.
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Do you have any regrets? Of course I do.
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If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.
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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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If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.
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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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I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?
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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 don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic.
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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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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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Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.
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Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
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I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.
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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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