#al

I am talking about misery and all of its implications. ↗

— Juan Rulfo

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There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns. There are things we don't know we don't know. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#know #known #say #these #things

Don't divide the world into "them" and "us." Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#avoid #congress #divide #facts #infatuation

Structure is one of the things that I always hope will reveal itself to me. ↗

— Richard Russo

#hope #i #i always #itself #me

Be precise. A lack of precision is dangerous when the margin of error is small. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#error #lack #margin #precise #precision

Don't speak ill of your predecessors or successors. You didn't walk in their shoes. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#predecessors #shoes #speak #successors #their

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. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#american people #anyway #approach #back #been

Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. As Charles De Gaulle said, the cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#charles #full #indispensable #infallible #men

In the execution of Presidential decisions work to be true to his views, in fact and tone. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#decisions #execution #fact #his #in fact

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#better #federal #federal government #first #government