732 Quotes by Donald Rumsfeld

Given their geography and situation, I thought that meeting with the leadership there would be a good thing,

When there is damage done, it is not always exactly clear what caused the damage.

Syria's been on the terrorist list for years,

are widely available and do have the ability to shoot down a helicopter, and from time to time, this happens.

In our system leadership is by consent, not command. To lead a President must persuade. Personal contacts and experiences help shape his thinking. They can be critical to his persuasiveness and thus to his leadership.

from all over the world, from where they're not needed to a place they're needed.

When it comes to reconstruction, before we turn to the American taxpayer, we will turn first to the resources of the Iraqi government and the international community.

It's important to have metrics, it's also important to have the right metrics and not be misled by metrics -- as has happened in some other conflicts,

The fact that some members of the press knew enough about those operations to ask the questions and to print the stories was clearly because someone in the Pentagon had provided them that information.