Donald Rumsfeld
I think all of us have a sense if we imagine the kind of world we would face if the people who bombed the mess hall in Mosul, or the people who did the bombing in Spain, or the people who attacked the United States in New York, shot down the plane over Pennsylvania and attacked the Pentagon, the people who cut off peoples' heads on television to intimidate, to frighten indeed the word 'terrorized' is just that. Its purpose is to terrorize, to alter behavior, to make people be something other than that which they want to be.Collection: New York
If I know the answer I'll tell you the answer, and if I don't I'll just respond cleverly.Collection: Answers
When business accepts help from the government, it can be like going to bed with a hippopotamus. It's nice and warm for the moment, but then your bedmate rolls over and crushes you.Collection: Crush
The success of an organization will depend on the people you surround yourself with.Collection: Organization
The United States isn't going to do anything that it's not capable of doing. And if we do something, we'll be capable of doing it.Collection: United States
Those who made the decisions with imperfect knowledge will be judged in hindsight by those with considerably more information at their disposal and time for reflection.Collection: Reflection
I would not say that the future is necessarily less predictable than the past. I think the past was not predictable when it started.Collection: Stupid
In unanimity there may well be either cowardice or uncritical thinking.Collection: Thinking
We'll have to deal with the networks. One of the ways to do that is to drain the swamp they live in. And that means dealing not only with the terrorists, but those who harbor terrorists. This will take a long, sustained effort. It will require the support of the American people as well as our friends and allies around the world.Collection: Mean
Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.Collection: Wmd
Now, settle down, settle down. Hell, I'm an old man, it's early in the morning and I'm gathering my thoughts here.Collection: Morning
When you're skiing, if you're not falling you're not trying.Collection: Fall
The United States, as all you know, did not come to Iraq for oil, not to occupy. We came here only to help.Collection: Oil
Have a deputy and develop a successor. Don't be consumed by the job or you'll risk losing your balance. Keep your mooring lines to the outside world - family, friends, neighbors, people out of government, and people who may not agree with you.Collection: Jobs
Most US presidents since World War II have led military actions without a declaration of war by Congress, though most, if not all, have properly consulted and sought support from Congress. That is the wise thing to do.Collection: Wise
The dead-enders are still with us, those remnants of the defeated regimes who'll go on fighting long after their cause is lost.Collection: Fighting
Oh, Lord. I didn't mean to say anything quotable.Collection: Mean
We [the USA] do have a big nation's problem. We have the problem of a nation that's got two oceans, oceans on either side. People come from all across the globe and want to live here and they want to work here and they want to invest here. And that's a good thing. And they make up this country. But as a people, we [americans] are not highly skilled in languages. We're not highly skilled in knowledge of other cultures. And that's a problem.Collection: Country
We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad.Collection: Wmd
It is very difficult to spend "federal (the taxpayers') dollars" so that the intended result is achieved.Collection: Dollars
Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense.Collection: Self
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 Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations and are hurting our efforts in Afghanistan and have been extremely harmful in Iraq. Then I also see large, important countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia.Collection: Country
The worst thing you can do is allow a coalition to determine what your mission is.Collection: Missions
The country cannot afford amateur hour in the White House.Collection: Country
Don’t blame the boss. He has enough problems.Collection: Boss