[on Osama bin Laden] He is either alive and well or alive and not too well or not alive. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
The United States, as all you know, did not come to Iraq for oil, not to occupy. We came here only to… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
The purpose of terrorism is to terrorize. It's to change the behavior of the people that are being terrorized. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction. — 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
Our goal is to defend the American people, and to eliminate Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, and to liberate the Iraqi people. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
We have an orientation that tends to make us think that everything is our responsibility and that we should be doing this.… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
We know where they are [Iraq's weapons of mass destruction]. They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
The coalition did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq's pursuit. We acted because we saw… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat; courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of… — 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
We do know that the Iraqi regime has chemical and biological weapons. His regime has amassed large, clandestine stockpiles of chemical weapons… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Inspectors do not have the duty or the ability to uncover terrible weapons hidden in a vast country. The responsibility of inspectors… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
A terrorist can attack at any time at any place using a range of techniques. It is physically impossible to defend at… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
We'll have to deal with the networks. One of the ways to do that is to drain the swamp they live in.… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
The reality is that terrorists can attack any time at any minute, 24 hours a day, using a variety of techniques, in… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
What is the value of having millions of people in Iraq not having a repressive regime? What is the value of having… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
If I look at the really important questions in [Middle East] region, I see Iran, where there is a strong desire for… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Any country on the face of the Earth with an active intelligence program knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. — 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
![“[on Osama bin Laden] He is either alive and well or alive and not too well or not alive.” quote by Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/39e/donald-rumsfeld-1507_alive_on-osama-bin-laden-he-is-either-alive-an_1016366.jpg)
![“We're not running out of [fixed] targets. Afghanistan is.” quote by Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/402/donald-rumsfeld-1507_afghanistan_we-re-not-running-out-of-fixed-targets-a_2023157.jpg)
![“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.” quote by Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6bc/donald-rumsfeld-1507_areas_we-know-where-they-are-iraq-s-weapons-of_2417802.jpg)
![“What is needed [to combat terrorism], in my view, is resolve, not retreat; courage, not concession. Rather than thinking in terms of an exit strategy, focus on a strategy for success.” quote by Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f7f/donald-rumsfeld-1507_combat_what-is-needed-to-combat-terrorism-in-my_626118.jpg)
![“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)
![“If I look at the really important questions in [Middle East] region, I see Iran, where there is a strong desire for a freer society and where people are repressed by a small group of ayatollahs. I see Syria, where we can see a similar desire of the people to be free. These two countries fund…” quote by Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/615/donald-rumsfeld-1507_afghanistan_if-i-look-at-the-really-important-questi_1108462.jpg)
