Beware when any idea is promoted primarily because it is "bold, exciting, innovative, and new." There are many ideas that are "bold,… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Test ideas in the marketplace. You learn from hearing a range of perspectives. Consultation helps engender the support decisions need to be… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
They will do more whether we do what we're doing or whether we don't do what we're doing. And the idea that… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Beware when any idea is promoted primarily because it is old, exciting, innovative, and new. There are many ideas that are old,… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I don't think we'll discover anything, myself. I think what will happen is we'll discover people who will tell us where to go find… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Members of the U.S. House and the U.S. Senate are not there by accident. Each managed to get there for some reason. Learn what… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
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… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
From where you sit, the White House may look as untidy as the inside of a stomach. As is said of the legislative process,… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
![“They will do more whether we do what we're doing or whether we don't do what we're doing. And the idea that you could appease them [terrorists] by stopping doing what we're doing or some implication that by doing what we're doing we're inciting them to attack us is just utter nonsense. It's just…” quote by Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/52e/donald-rumsfeld-1507_alligators_they-will-do-more-whether-we-do-what-we_3041179.jpg)
