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
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
Your performance depends on your people. Select the best, train them and back them. When errors occur, give sharper guidance. If errors… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
If you are working from your inbox, you are working on other people’s priorities. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
There are people who in large measure have information that we need . . . so that we can track down the… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
You can have a broad popular democracy movement and have it end being taken over by the most vicious people and the… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Prune - prune businesses, products, activities, people. Do it annually. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Have a deputy and develop a successor. Don't be consumed by the job or you'll risk losing your balance. Keep your mooring… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
And there is, I am certain, among the Iraqi people a respect for the care and the precision that went into the… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
There's no debate in the world as to whether people have weapons of mass destruction... We all know that. A trained ape… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I cannot give any assurances. I'm not in that business. I haven't been, and I don't intend to get into it. People… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things that are said by people in the military, or civilian life, or in the Congress, or… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Most of the 50 or so invitations you receive each week come from people inviting the President's Chief of Staff, not you.… — 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
