732 Quotes by Donald Rumsfeld

The president has not suggested that that is going to be needed,

It's less important to have unanimity than it is to be making the right decisions and doing the right thing, even though at the outset it may seem lonesome,

Look for what's missing. Many advisors can tell a President how to improve what's proposed or what's gone amiss. Few are able to see what isn't there.

Walk around. If you are invisible, the mystique of the President's office may perpetuate inaccurate impressions about you or the President, to his detriment. After all, you may not be as bad as they're saying.

I would guess there will be an end, ... Can I tell you for sure? No. ... This isn't World War I or World War II, that starts and then ends. Take Afghanistan. We've moved from major military activities to a point where at the present time, the vast majority of the country is in a stabilization security mode.

Even that does not suggest that there cannot be a terrorist event somewhere, someplace in the world and I suspect there will be,

The pressure applied on terrorists and insurgents is having an effect,

It just happens that those are some of the countries that are opposed, ... I can't imagine why it would cause a stir in any country.

If you try to please everybody, somebody's not going to like it.