If a person is determined to fight to the death, then they may very well have that opportunity.
DONALD H. RUMSFELD Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, th...
DONALD H. RUMSFELD See that the President, the Cabinet and staff are informed. If cut out of the information flow, thei...
DONALD RUMSFELD It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal tas...
DONALD RUMSFELD Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Ra...
DONALD RUMSFELD Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
DONALD RUMSFELD Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise...
DONALD RUMSFELD Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increas...
DONALD RUMSFELD Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from all the static, are the goals set. Put ...
DONALD RUMSFELD Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occu...
DONALD RUMSFELD Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publ...
DONALD RUMSFELD Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed o...
DONALD RUMSFELD There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to ...
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.
DONALD RUMSFELD Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times ...
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeterie...
DONALD RUMSFELD Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A train...
DONALD RUMSFELD The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell...
DONALD RUMSFELD Reduce the number of lawyers. They are like beavers - they get in the middle of the stream and dam i...
DONALD RUMSFELD Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you ...
DONALD RUMSFELD Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
DONALD RUMSFELD If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.
DONALD RUMSFELD Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well...
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't...
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Forc...
DONALD RUMSFELD Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
DONALD RUMSFELD I really believe that before its over, its not going be a cruise missile or a bomber that is going t...
DONALD RUMSFELD Who's going to outlast the other?
DONALD RUMSFELD I know of no one more qualified to follow in Tom Franks' very large footsteps,
DONALD RUMSFELD Leave the President's family business to him. You will have plenty to do without trying to manag...
DONALD RUMSFELD [In Washington, thousands of people marched in remembrance of the attacks and in tribute to troops f...
DONALD RUMSFELD The pressure applied on terrorists and insurgents is having an effect,
DONALD RUMSFELD Beware when any idea is promoted primarily because it is "bold, exciting, innovative, and new." Ther...
DONALD RUMSFELD What it means is that the president decided to engage our brains rather than open the taxpayers' wal...
DONALD RUMSFELD The differences are so notable that it would take too long to list them,
DONALD RUMSFELD It overestimates Chavez.
DONALD RUMSFELD Watch for the "not invented here" syndrome.
DONALD RUMSFELD Plan backwards as well as forward. Set objectives and trace back to see how to achieve them. You may...
DONALD RUMSFELD I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five month...
DONALD RUMSFELD Sometimes he would be staying in motion in vehicles. Sometimes those vehicles were taxicabs, ... And...
DONALD RUMSFELD It was an epiphany.
DONALD RUMSFELD These proposals have nothing to do with that, ... These proposals have to do with organizational arr...
DONALD RUMSFELD a lot of capabilities that are engaged and on standby.
DONALD RUMSFELD increase the number of special operations forces available for missions worldwide, while expanding t...
DONALD RUMSFELD If every time two or three people disagreed we changed the secretary of defense of the United States...
DONALD RUMSFELD They undoubtedly come through Syria and they come through Iran, probably, and through other countrie...
DONALD RUMSFELD We do not have a shortage of capacity, ... Whoever's raising that question ... doesn't really unders...
DONALD RUMSFELD The intelligence experts in our government and I believe ... that they have engaged in a process and...
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't divide the world into 'them' and 'us.' Avoid infatuation with or resentmen...
DONALD RUMSFELD It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the p...
DONALD RUMSFELD Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration exc...
DONALD RUMSFELD He certainly is the secretary-general and he has a voice and a role. On the other hand, until Presid...
DONALD RUMSFELD The same thing's true with our forces in Western Europe.
DONALD RUMSFELD [That] is why we're using them, to be perfectly blunt.
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't begin to think you're the President. You're not. The Constitution provides for only one.
DONALD RUMSFELD Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to "carry it o...
DONALD RUMSFELD The deep reductions, which are described in the treaty, take both sides down to in the neighborhood ...
DONALD RUMSFELD The bottom line is the treaty is designed to not have ballistic missile defenses, and the president ...
DONALD RUMSFELD It tends to be speculative, ... It is not actionable. It is not verifiable.
DONALD RUMSFELD Baghdad is bustling with commerce. Universities and hospitals are open for business, ... A free pres...
DONALD RUMSFELD So the fact that they had a mock election and elected a hard-liner ought not come to any surprise to...
DONALD RUMSFELD A big issue, of course, is counter-narcotics,
DONALD RUMSFELD In unanimity there may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking.
DONALD RUMSFELD If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
DONALD RUMSFELD There are countries like Paraguay and others, their neighboring countries, they're all interested in...
DONALD RUMSFELD If anybody thinks that I'm [in Iraq] to throw water on a fire, they're wrong,
DONALD RUMSFELD It is very difficult to spend "federal (the taxpayers') dollars" so that the intended result is achi...
DONALD RUMSFELD You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch a...
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.
DONALD RUMSFELD we look forward to reviewing their analysis and recommendations in detail.
DONALD RUMSFELD "Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, t...
DONALD RUMSFELD We've got a very serious problem, ... Wolf Blitzer Reports.
DONALD RUMSFELD We do know, of certain knowledge, that (Bin Laden) is either in Afghanistan or in some other country...
DONALD RUMSFELD The war against terrorism... will use every element of American influence and power, ... The aim is ...
DONALD RUMSFELD Reduce the layers of management. They put distance between the top of an organization and the custom...
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of...
DONALD RUMSFELD Control your time. If you're working off your in-box, you're working off the priorities of others. B...
DONALD RUMSFELD One of your tasks is to separate the "personal" from the "substantive." The two can become confused,...
DONALD RUMSFELD The test is who's going to outlast the other, and the answer is we're going to outlast them.
DONALD RUMSFELD I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last five days, five weeks or five months, b...
DONALD RUMSFELD First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may ...
DONALD RUMSFELD I slept on it, and I'm not going to recommend that it be vetoed.
DONALD RUMSFELD Napoleon was asked, "Who do you consider to be the greatest generals?" He responded saying, "The vic...
DONALD RUMSFELD In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal con...
DONALD RUMSFELD Learn to say "I don't know." If used when appropriate, it will be often.
DONALD RUMSFELD Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.
DONALD RUMSFELD In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.
DONALD RUMSFELD Now is the time for resolve, not retreat. Turning our backs on post-war Iraq today would be the mode...
DONALD RUMSFELD The president knows, as I know, there are no indispensable men ... He knows that I serve at his plea...
DONALD RUMSFELD Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps en...
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't 'over-control' like a novice pilot. Stay loose enough from the flow that you can observe it, m...
DONALD RUMSFELD Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's...
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't divide the world into "them" and "us." Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the ...
DONALD RUMSFELD Move decisions out to the Cabinet and agencies. Strengthen them by moving responsibility, authority,...
DONALD RUMSFELD Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was Ð by a taxpayer.
DONALD RUMSFELD [•] Saddam Hussein cannot use chemical or biological weapons himself. He has to use his chain of c...
DONALD RUMSFELD Think ahead. Don't let day-to-day operations drive out planning.
DONALD RUMSFELD It is easier to get into something than to get out of it.
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.
DONALD RUMSFELD Watch the growth of middle level management. Don't automatically fill vacant jobs. Leave some positi...
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disagree or if you suspect he hasn't conside...
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.
DONALD RUMSFELD Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, "The higher a monkey climbs, the more you s...
DONALD RUMSFELD Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rathe...
DONALD RUMSFELD The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly...
DONALD RUMSFELD Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
DONALD RUMSFELD We, needless to say, do not want to leave abruptly in a way that could inject an instability in this...
DONALD RUMSFELD vehicles operating without appropriate armor in areas outside of protected compounds.
DONALD RUMSFELD As to when the (wartime command) shift might take place, it would take place at that moment when the...
DONALD RUMSFELD I'll just simply say they do have weapons of mass destruction, ... And the purpose of the U.N. resol...
DONALD RUMSFELD chasing the wrong rabbit.
DONALD RUMSFELD We've made a conscious decision, at the request of the Iraqis, to stand back during this pilgrimage ...
DONALD RUMSFELD So I think we'll see the coalition forces being able to pare down,
DONALD RUMSFELD a lifeline to terrorists.
DONALD RUMSFELD Our goal is to get the tribes in the south to oppose the Taliban, ... They have been relatively quie...
DONALD RUMSFELD One would assume days, not weeks or months, ... I'd be reluctant to be any more precise than that.
DONALD RUMSFELD I don't think we're going to just stumble over something.
DONALD RUMSFELD But I certainly never gave the president a briefing with the impact that one would have had you seen...
DONALD RUMSFELD Georgia ... is a staunch friend of the West.
DONALD RUMSFELD The senator knows this subject inside and out. He's interested in it. He's deeply involved in the pr...
DONALD RUMSFELD It's based on unit cohesion, ... The principle is that -- in the event there is something that requi...
DONALD RUMSFELD I think that anytime wrongdoing occurs, it's important that that wrongdoing be reported. And I think...
DONALD RUMSFELD Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.
DONALD RUMSFELD It's clearly stressed, but they're performing brilliantly,
DONALD RUMSFELD We are seeing history unfold, events that will shape the course of a country, the fate of a people a...
DONALD RUMSFELD From where you sit, the White House may look as untidy as the inside of a stomach. As is said of the...
DONALD RUMSFELD They are interested, they are involved and they are active. And it's not helpful,
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes.
DONALD RUMSFELD Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you see...
DONALD RUMSFELD When you raise issues with the President, try to come away with both that decision and also a preced...
DONALD RUMSFELD People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well, we don't want to see a smoking gun from a weapon ...
DONALD RUMSFELD I indicated in my remarks that there are a lot more pictures and many investigations under way,
DONALD RUMSFELD Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well.
DONALD RUMSFELD Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, th...
DONALD RUMSFELD There's been no discussions about any troop adjustment in Europe. And it would be wrong to inject th...
DONALD RUMSFELD is committed to helping you as you take control of your country and make the transition from tyranny...
DONALD RUMSFELD Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually.
DONALD RUMSFELD It's a one-pager, ... It is basically a memorandum that says the NSC is going to do that which it is...
DONALD RUMSFELD They have engaged in a number of such raids and have been successful in at least nine that I know of...
DONALD RUMSFELD The goal is to have the pressure be so great that Saddam Hussein cooperates, ... Short of that -- an...
DONALD RUMSFELD I don't know why anyone would use the word inevitable, ... It clearly is not inevitable.
DONALD RUMSFELD Our interaction is continuous. It is iterative, and it has been constructive and helpful,
DONALD RUMSFELD in a manner that is reasonably consistent with the Geneva Conventions, to the extent they are approp...
DONALD RUMSFELD differences as to who should be in command of what, differences as to where forces should be reinfor...
DONALD RUMSFELD Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures ...
DONALD RUMSFELD Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post.
DONALD RUMSFELD Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.
DONALD RUMSFELD Even with the large and growing number of forces on the Iraqi border, Gen. Franks achieved something...
DONALD RUMSFELD We fully intend to find them and chase them to the ground and root them out, ... We certainly intend...
DONALD RUMSFELD [He said he also] assumed ... we have an obligation related to the Taiwan Relations Act and with reg...
DONALD RUMSFELD It seems quite far-fetched. Obviously everything that everyone alleges is looked into.
DONALD RUMSFELD The US decided to reduce its forces from three brigades to two brigades.
DONALD RUMSFELD The enemy have designed and distributed a map where national borders are erased and replaced by a gl...
DONALD RUMSFELD The plan is to prevent a civil war, and to the extent one were to occur, to have the ... Iraqi secur...
DONALD RUMSFELD I am very impressed, Mr. Secretary, about how quickly we have responded and the assets that you have...
DONALD RUMSFELD The Republic of Korea, an impoverished and devastated nation over a half-century ago, now has one of...
DONALD RUMSFELD Those of us in the United States and in other countries around the world, free countries, hope that ...
DONALD RUMSFELD Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration exc...
DONALD RUMSFELD days of the Saddam Hussein regime are numbered.
DONALD RUMSFELD They had forces in flow that would have been able to increase a substantial number above the ultimat...
DONALD RUMSFELD I failed to recognize how important it was to elevate a matter of such gravity to the highest levels...
DONALD RUMSFELD One of your tasks is to separate the 'personal' from the 'substantive.' The two can ...
DONALD RUMSFELD wise and valued counselor.
DONALD RUMSFELD Leadership is action, not position. -Donald H. McGannon.
DONALD H. MCGANNON Leadership is action, not position.
DONALD H. MCGANNON There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriag...
DONALD H. MCGANNON Leadership is an action, not a position.
DONALD H. MCGANNON The world has more winnable people than ever before but it is possible to come out of a ripe field e...
DONALD H. MCGANNON The world has more winnable people than ever before… but it is possible to come out of a ripe fiel...
DONALD H. MCGANNON The world has more winnable people than ever before… but it is possible to come out of a ripe field...
DONALD H. MCGANNON Let's see if I can put this in a way you'll understand. We like you because you're invisible.
DON RUMSFELD The president knows, as I know, there are no indispensable men. ... He knows that I serve at his ple...
DON RUMSFELD This, too, will pass .
DON RUMSFELD Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye.
H. Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.
H. Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.
H. Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.
H. People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road...
H. Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
H H WILLIAMS There is nothing in Christianity or Buddhism that quite matches the sympathetic unselfishness of an ...
H. H. MUNRO A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
H. H. MUNRO He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
H. H. MUNRO Furious activity is no substitute for understanding.
H. H. WILLIAMS Find yourself a cup; the teapot is behind you. Now tell me about hundreds of things.
H. H. MUNRO The cook was a good cook, as cooks go; and as cooks go she went
H. H. MUNRO A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton of explanation.
H. H. MUNRO All decent people live beyond their incomes; those who aren't respectable live beyond other people's...
H. H. MUNRO Women and elephants never forget an injury
H. H. MUNRO The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happene...
H. H. MUNRO I always say beauty is only sin deep.
H. H. MUNRO I love Americans, but not when they try to talk French. What a blessing it is that they never try to...
H. H. MUNRO A woman who takes her husband about with her everywhere is like a cat that goes on playing with a mo...
H. H. MUNRO Confront a child, a puppy, and a kitten with a sudden danger; the child will turn instinctively for ...
H. H. MUNRO Great Socialist statesmen aren't made, they're stillborn
H. H. MUNRO I think she must have been very strictly brought up, she's so desperately anxious to do the wrong th...
H. H. MUNRO We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometim...
H. H. MUNRO The young have aspirations that will never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never ha...
H. H. MUNRO His socks compelled one's attention without losing one's respect
H. H. MUNRO The people of Crete unfortunately make more history than they can consume locally
H. H. MUNRO