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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 do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.
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We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic.
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Preserve the President's options. He may need them.
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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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Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon of mass destruction.
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Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Rather it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn't making mistakes that's critical it's correcting them and getting on with the principal task.
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Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost.
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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.
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When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.
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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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The Cold War was a war, and we won it.
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Certainty without power can be interesting, even amusing. Certainty with power can be dangerous.
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Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may find that no path can get you there. Plan forward to see where your steps will take you, which may not be clear or intuitive.
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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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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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I think it's very useful for you folks (reporters) to try your damndest to be precise. And don't repeat things that are inaccurate if you can possibly avoid it. And when you see things that are inaccurate, knock them down -- because there's a bucket of it floating around.
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At 78 years old, I am not surprised at much anymore. Germany has taken divergent positions before, so has France, so has England, so has the US.
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Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.
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