#ld

If the tenth of the population that is gay became visible tomorrow, the panic of the majority of people would inspire repressive legislation of a sort that would shock even the pessimists among us. ↗

— Jane Rule

#became #even #gay #inspire #legislation

I've never been resigned to ready-made ideas as I was to ready-made clothes, perhaps because although I couldn't sew, I could think. ↗

— Jane Rule

#because #been #clothes #could #i

Oh my goodness gracious, what you can buy off the Internet in terms of overhead photography. A trained ape can know an awful lot of what is going on in this world, just by punching on his mouse, for a relatively modest cost. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#awful #buy #cost #going #goodness

You will launch many projects, but have time to finish only a few. So think, plan, develop, launch and tap good people to be responsible. Give them authority and hold them accountable. Trying to do too much yourself creates a bottleneck. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#authority #bottleneck #creates #develop #few

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

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us. ↗

— Benjamin Rush

#liberty #us #virtue #without #would

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

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

Don't do or say things you would not like to see on the front page of The Washington Post. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#like #page #post #say #see

Imagine, a September 11 with weapons of mass destruction. It's not 3,000. It's tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#destruction #imagine #innocent #mass #men