Quotes Donald Rumsfeld

Amidst all the clutter, beyond all the obstacles, aside from...

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip ...

Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the Preside...

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin...

Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at leas...

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on ...

Death has a tendency to encourage a depressing view of war....

Don't automatically obey Presidential directives if you disa...

Don't be a bottleneck. If a matter is not a decision for the...

Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems....

Don't divide the world into "them" and "us." Avoid infatuati...

Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the fron...

Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are n...

Don't say "the White House wants." Buildings can't want....

Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn...

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As C...

Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the...

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the b...

I can't tell you if the use of force in Iraq today will last...

I don't do quagmires....

If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained cl...

If in doubt, don't. If still in doubt, do what's right....

If in doubt, move decisions up to the President....

If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test dec...

If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much....