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Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
— Donald Rumsfeld
If you develop rules, never have more than ten.
— Donald Rumsfeld
Never hire anyone you can't fire. — Donald Rumsfeld
First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.
— Donald Rumsfeld
I'm a professor of national security studies, and I know a lot more about fighting than Rumsfeld does.
— Barry McCaffrey
The worst mistake is to have the best ladder and the wrong wall.
— Donald Rumsfeld
It is the photographs that gives one the vivid realization of what actually took place. (On photographs from Abu Ghraib prison.)
— Donald Rumsfeld
Don't 'over-control' like a novice pilot. Stay loose enough from the flow that you can observe it, modify, and improve it.
— Donald Rumsfeld
Something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be other countries, is an open question.
— Donald Rumsfeld
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
We don't seek empires.We're not imperialistic.
— Donald Rumsfeld
Is it likely that an aircraft carrier or a cruise missile is going to find a person?
— Donald Rumsfeld
The way to do well is to do well.
— Donald Rumsfeld
To gain support in U.S. Congress and from other nations requires clarity, an acceptable mission and an explicit outcome.
— Donald Rumsfeld
Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.
— Donald Rumsfeld
If you look ahead 10 years, I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the people of Russia had become fans of missile defence.
— Donald Rumsfeld
When someone with a rural accent says, "I don't know much about politics," zip up your pockets.
— Donald Rumsfeld
In unanimity there may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking.
— Donald Rumsfeld
Pieces of intelligence, scraps of intelligence ... you run down leads and you run down leads, and you hope that sometimes it works.
— Donald Rumsfeld
Certainty without power can be interesting, even amusing. Certainty with power can be dangerous.
— Donald Rumsfeld
It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
— Donald Rumsfeld
Do I Have any Regrets? Of Course I Do.
— Donald Rumsfeld
I didn't advocate invasion ... I wasn't asked.
— Donald Rumsfeld
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
There is no question but that when one is engaged militarily that there are going to be unintended loss of life.
— Donald Rumsfeld
Look at me! I'm sweet and lovable!
— Donald Rumsfeld