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If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.

Donald Rumsfeld

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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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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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Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
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When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.
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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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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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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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Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.
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You might be a cunning linguist, but I am a master debater.
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Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.
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When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a precedent. Pose issues so as to evoke broader policy guidance. This can help to answer a range of similar issues likely to arise later.
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And there is, I am certain, among the Iraqi people a respect for the care and the precision that went into the bombing campaign.
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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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If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
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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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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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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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If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right.
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The Cold War was a war, and we won it.
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A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.
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