Donald Rumsfeld Quotes

Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Donald Rumsfeld

  1. Home
    2. ›
  2. Donald Rumsfeld Quotes

Donald Rumsfeld Famous Quotes & Sayings

Discover top inspirational quotes from Donald Rumsfeld on Wise Famous Quotes.

Donald Rumsfeld quotes: If you develop rules, never have more than ten. If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life. Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning. Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong. One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually. Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't, I'll just respond, cleverly. If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't, I'll just respond, cleverly.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: 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. 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.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: 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. 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.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Never assume the other fellow will not do something you wouldn't do. Never assume the other fellow will not do something you wouldn't do.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons. I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective. Presidential leadership needn't always cost money. Look for low- and no-cost options. They can be surprisingly effective.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: We do know of certain knowledge that he [Osama Bin Laden] is either in Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead. We do know of certain knowledge that he [Osama Bin Laden] is either in Afghanistan, or in some other country, or dead.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive. Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: 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. 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.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall. The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Those who think that they know, but are mistaken, and act upon their mistakes, are the most dangerous people to have in charge. - Margaret Thatcher Those who think that they know, but are mistaken, and act upon their mistakes, are the most dangerous people to have in charge. - Margaret Thatcher
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small. Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment. Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons. I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment. A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction. Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: The most underestimated risk for a politician is overexposure. The most underestimated risk for a politician is overexposure.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems. Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months. It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt six months.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: It is the photographs that gives one the vivid realization of what actually took place. (On photographs from Abu Ghraib prison.) It is the photographs that gives one the vivid realization of what actually took place. (On photographs from Abu Ghraib prison.)
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours? I stand for 8-10 hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours?
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: NATO member states vary dramatically in their capability and in their political steadfastness. NATO member states vary dramatically in their capability and in their political steadfastness.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat. We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: The world is run by those who show up. The world is run by those who show up.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work. I am not going to give you a number for it because it's not my business to do intelligent work.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Find ways to decentralize. Move decision making authority down and out. Encourage a more entrepreneurial approach. Find ways to decentralize. Move decision making authority down and out. Encourage a more entrepreneurial approach.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Now, settle down, settle down. Hell, I'm an old man, it's early in the morning and I'm gathering my thoughts here. Now, settle down, settle down. Hell, I'm an old man, it's early in the morning and I'm gathering my thoughts here.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: It is easier to get into something than to get out of it. It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post. Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Certainty without power can be interesting, even amusing. Certainty with power can be dangerous. Certainty without power can be interesting, even amusing. Certainty with power can be dangerous.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: 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. 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.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Preserve the President's options. He may need them. Preserve the President's options. He may need them.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up. Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam it up.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires. No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top. When starting at the bottom, be willing to learn from those at the top.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: A president has to provide leadership to gain support. A president has to provide leadership to gain support.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, 'The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind'. Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, 'The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind'.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad. We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution. Make decisions about the President's personal security. He can overrule you, but don't ask him to be the one to counsel caution.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Pieces of intelligence, scraps of intelligence ... you run down leads and you run down leads, and you hope that sometimes it works. Pieces of intelligence, scraps of intelligence ... you run down leads and you run down leads, and you hope that sometimes it works.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position. Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher. Being Vice President is difficult. Don't make it tougher.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: The natural state of man is to want to be free. To have opportunities. To have choices. The natural state of man is to want to be free. To have opportunities. To have choices.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: The worst thing you can do is allow a coalition to determine what your mission is. The worst thing you can do is allow a coalition to determine what your mission is.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up. Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Look at me! I'm sweet and lovable! Look at me! I'm sweet and lovable!
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Any country on the face of the Earth with an active intelligence program knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. Any country on the face of the Earth with an active intelligence program knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Every president when he is elected has to live with the pluses and minuses his predecessor leaves, which includes benefits as well as burdens. Every president when he is elected has to live with the pluses and minuses his predecessor leaves, which includes benefits as well as burdens.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: 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. 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.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: 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. 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.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative. If we know anything, it is that weakness is provocative.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: The problem is the people who tend to be the best organized are the most radical and the most vicious. The problem is the people who tend to be the best organized are the most radical and the most vicious.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: I didn't advocate invasion ... I wasn't asked. I didn't advocate invasion ... I wasn't asked.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Do I Have any Regrets? Of Course I Do. Do I Have any Regrets? Of Course I Do.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control. When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: I don't do quagmires. I don't do quagmires.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: And there is, I am certain, among the Iraqi people a respect for the care and the precision that went into the bombing campaign. And there is, I am certain, among the Iraqi people a respect for the care and the precision that went into the bombing campaign.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: America is not what's wrong with the world America is not what's wrong with the world
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: When someone with a rural accent says, "I don't know much about politics," zip up your pockets. When someone with a rural accent says, "I don't know much about politics," zip up your pockets.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It's to change the behavior of the people that are being terrorized. The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It's to change the behavior of the people that are being terrorized.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil. I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance. Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: When there happens to be a weapon of mass destruction suspect site in an area that we occupy and if people have time, they'll look at it. When there happens to be a weapon of mass destruction suspect site in an area that we occupy and if people have time, they'll look at it.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes. If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time. You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Within a week, or a month, Saddam could give his WMD to al-Qaeda. Within a week, or a month, Saddam could give his WMD to al-Qaeda.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: I suppose the implication of that is the president and the vice president and myself and Colin Powell just fell off a turnip truck to take these jobs. I suppose the implication of that is the president and the vice president and myself and Colin Powell just fell off a turnip truck to take these jobs.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much. If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: I tend over the years to have developed a certain hesitancy about believing that headlines tell the whole story. I tend over the years to have developed a certain hesitancy about believing that headlines tell the whole story.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: The dead-enders are still with us, those remnants of the defeated regimes who'll go on fighting long after their cause is lost. The dead-enders are still with us, those remnants of the defeated regimes who'll go on fighting long after their cause is lost.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue. Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't considered key aspects of the issue.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Remember where you came from. Remember where you came from.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer. Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that. I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, but it won't last any longer than that.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone. In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: The way to do well is to do well. The way to do well is to do well.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: With the press there is no 'off the record.' With the press there is no 'off the record.'
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: The press always wants to know how many people will be killed or how much it will cost, but the answers to those questions are not knowable. The press always wants to know how many people will be killed or how much it will cost, but the answers to those questions are not knowable.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity. If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: There will be good moments, and there will be less good moments. There will be good moments, and there will be less good moments.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer. Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: If you try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it. If you try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war. Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Learn to say 'I don't know.' If used when appropriate, it will be often. Learn to say 'I don't know.' If used when appropriate, it will be often.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it. The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and accountability their direction. Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority, and accountability their direction.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger. If you can't solve a problem, make it bigger.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.' Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to 'carry it off.'
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: To gain support in U.S. Congress and from other nations requires clarity, an acceptable mission and an explicit outcome. To gain support in U.S. Congress and from other nations requires clarity, an acceptable mission and an explicit outcome.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn't exist. Simply because you do not have evidence that something exists does not mean that you have evidence that it doesn't exist.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: I would not say that the future is necessarily less predictable than the past. I think the past was not predictable when it started. I would not say that the future is necessarily less predictable than the past. I think the past was not predictable when it started.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random. If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable. Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.
Donald Rumsfeld quotes: Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet. Well, so be it. Nothing's perfect in life, so you have an election that's not quite perfect. Is it better than not having an election? You bet.

Famous Authors

Popular Topics

Authors | Topics | About | Contact | Policy | Sitemap

Copyright © 2025 Wise Famous Quotes. All Rights Reserved.