Five days or five months, but it certainly isn't going to last longer. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
No. That's someone else's business. Quagmire is - I don't do quagmires. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
I'm glad you asked. It has nothing to do with oil, literally nothing to do with oil. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Most US presidents since World War II have led military actions without a declaration of war by Congress, though most, if not… — 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
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
... something under $50 billion for the cost. How much of that would be the U.S. burden, and how much would be… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
What will follow will not be a repeat of any other conflict. It will be of a force and scope and scale… — 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
The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
Every country should be tired of going to war. War is a terrible thing. If I had been in Congress, as much… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
There is no question but that when one is engaged militarily that there are going to be unintended loss of life. — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
An institution that...would permit Iraq, a terrorist state that refuses to disarm, to become soon the chair of the United Nations Commission… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
It is unknowable how long that conflict [the war in Iraq] will last. It could last six days, six weeks. I doubt… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
The reality is that [Barack] Obama has some 15 countries in the current Libya coalition. President Bush put together close to 50… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have… — Donald Rumsfeld Copy Share Image
You go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later… — 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
We are in the process of trying to liberate that country. And at the moment where the war ends and the coalition… — 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