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The natural state of man is to want to be free. To have opportunities. To have choices.
Donald Rumsfeld
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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
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Donald Henry Rumsfeld
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It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.
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Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.
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Napoleon was asked, Who do you consider to be the greatest generals? He responded saying, The victors.
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Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manage the First Family. They are likely to do fine without your help.
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When business accepts help from the government, it can be like going to bed with a hippopotamus. It's nice and warm for the moment, but then your bedmate rolls over and crushes you.
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When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.
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We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.
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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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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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Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours.
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When I served as US Ambassador to NATO in the 1970s, the center of gravity in Europe was France and Germany.
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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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