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It is easier to get into something than to get out of it. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Better the rudest work that tells a story or records a fact, than the richest without meaning. ↗

— John Ruskin

#fact #meaning #records #richest #story

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

Congress, the press, and the bureaucracy too often focus on how much money or effort is spent, rather than whether the money or effort actually achieves the announced goal. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#actually #announced #bureaucracy #congress #effort

If you develop rules, never have more than ten. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

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Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#beings #human #human beings #politics #rather

Visit with your predecessors from previous Administrations. They know the ropes and can help you see around some corners. Try to make original mistakes, rather than needlessly repeating theirs. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#corners #help #know #make #mistakes

There is no power on earth more formidable than the truth. ↗

— Margaret Lee Runbeck

#formidable #more #power #than #truth

Sometimes legends make reality, and become more useful than the facts. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#facts #legends #make #more #reality

While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love. ↗

— Roger Zelazny

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