732 Quotes by Donald Rumsfeld

normally ministers of defense visit countries where there's that type of activity.

Instead of an attack with 3,000 people killed, imagine an attack with a biological weapon that kills 30,000 or 300,000 innocent people.

Our hope is that as we build up Iraqi forces we will be able to relieve the stress on our forces and see a reduction in coalition forces over some period of time, probably post-Iraqi election.

If a prospective Presidential approach can't be explained clearly enough to be understood well, it probably hasn't been thought through well enough. If not well understood by the American people, it probably won't 'sail' anyway. Send it back for further thought.

I don't believe anyone that I know in the administration ever said that Iraq had nuclear weapons.

We do have a saying in America: if you're in a hole, stop digging ..... erm, I'm not sure I should have said that.

In recent day, there has been a focus on a few who have betrayed our values and sullied the reputation of our country. Like each of you, I'm sure, and like most Americans, I was stunned. It was a body blow,

The one thing everyone's agreed upon for sure is that we simply have to keep increasing the number of Iraqis that are involved in the security side,

Our government has made a considered judgment that it was appropriate to transfer these individuals to the government of the United Kingdom,