732 Quotes by Donald Rumsfeld

And I feel it was the right decision and I'm glad I made it.

It's a big world. There are lots of countries. He's got a lot of money, he's got a lot of people who support him, and I just don't know whether we'll be successful, ... Clearly, it would be highly desirable to find him and stop him and his key people and there are a lot of them. We're not looking for one person. We're looking for a whole crowd. And that's our intent and our intention. How can anyone know what the outcome is going to be until you get there?

Treat each federal dollar as if it was hard earned; it was - by a taxpayer.

We have the ability to go out and attract and retain the people we're going to need in the United States armed forces,

General Boykin has requested that an inspector general review this matter. And I have indicated that if that's his request, I think it's appropriate.

Obviously, the United States does not have a responsibility when a sovereign country engages in something that they disapprove of,

The killing fields are gone, the mass graves are not having new bodies piled up day after day, as happened under Saddam Hussein,

What we are basically involved in is providing assistance and food and ammunition and liaison in a way that targeting should be more precise, ... These people have been fighting for ages. They know their own minds, and they are going to move when they see fit.

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