32 Quotations by Donald Rumsfeld
- 1. As you know, you go to war with the Army you have. They're not the Army you might want or wish to ha ...
- 2. Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small.
- 3. Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war.
- 4. Dick, frankly you do not have the war plan... which makes me quite happy.
- 5. Don't 'over-control' like a novice pilot. Stay loose enough from the flow that you can observe it, m ...
- 6. Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the President or you, delegate it. Force re ...
- 7. Find ways to decentralize. Move decision making authority down and out. Encourage a more entrepreneu ...
- 8. From where you sit, the White House may look as untidy as the inside of a stomach. As is said of the ...
- 9. Have a deputy and develop a successor. Don't be consumed by the job or you'll risk losing your balan ...
- 10. If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it p ...
- 11. If you are not critized, you may not be doing much.
- 12. Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of ...
- 13. In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal con ...
- 14. Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. ...
- 15. It isn't making mistakes that's critical; it's correcting them and getting on with the principal tas ...
- 16. Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, The higher a monkey climbs, the more you se ...
- 17. Like President Reagan, President Bush has not shied from calling evil by its name or declaring his i ...
- 18. Listening to both sides does not necessarily bring about a correct judgment.
- 19. Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's ...
- 20. Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A train ...
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