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… — 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.… — 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… — 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 recognize the need to provide the press - and, through you, the American people - with information to the fullest extent… — 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
Our task, your task... is to try to connect the dots before something happens. People say, 'Well, where's the smoking gun?' Well,… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
When there happens to be a weapon of mass destruction suspect site in an area that we occupy and if people have… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We [the USA] do have a big nation's problem. We have the problem of a nation that's got two oceans, oceans on… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
The problem is the people who tend to be the best organized are the most radical and the most vicious. — 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
In 2003, at the time I made my "Old Europe" comment, the center of gravity in NATO and Europe had long since… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Freedom's untidy, and free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes and do bad things. — 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 press always wants to know how many people will be killed or how much it will cost, but the answers to… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Many people around the President have sizeable egos before entering government, some with good reason. Their new positions will do little to… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
If there are people who yearn for the days when Saddam Hussein was in power, then I am not among them. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Whatever new threats and challenges may emerge, our nation will be able to face them squarely, deal with them, and yet allow… — 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
A few. . . critics are the only people I ever heard use the phrase 'imminent threat.' I didn't, the president didn't. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough.… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
The success of an organization will depend on the people you surround yourself with. — 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