I suppose the implication of that is the president and the vice president and myself and Colin Powell just fell off a turnip truck to take these jobs. Donald Rumsfeld More Quotes by Donald Rumsfeld More Quotes From Donald Rumsfeld Keep your sense of humor. As General Joe Stillwell said, 'The higher a monkey climbs, the more you see of his behind'. Donald Rumsfeld well-said monkeys humor Now, settle down, settle down. Hell, I'm an old man, it's early in the morning and I'm gathering my thoughts here. Donald Rumsfeld age morning men The reality is that terrorists can attack any time at any minute, 24 hours a day, using a variety of techniques, in any place at all. And it's not possible to defend in every place, against every technique, against every conceivable approach. It means that you can't stop every terrorist attack. Innocent men, women and children are going to be killed if terrorists are determined to do it. Donald Rumsfeld mean children reality Strive to make proposed solutions as self-executing as possible. As the degree of discretion increases, so too does bureaucracy, delay, and expense. Donald Rumsfeld delay self doe If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes. Donald Rumsfeld delay president mistake At 78 years old, I am not surprised at much anymore. Germany has taken divergent positions before, so has France, so has England, so has the US. Donald Rumsfeld divergent taken years Any country on the face of the Earth with an active intelligence program knows that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction. Donald Rumsfeld mass-destruction war country In 2003, at the time I made my "Old Europe" comment, the center of gravity in NATO and Europe had long since shifted to the East. With the former Warsaw Pact countries joining NATO, the alliance has a different mix today. Some people were sensitive about my comment because they thought it was a pejorative way of highlighting demographic realities. Apparently they felt it pointed a white light at a weakness in Europe - an aging population. Europe has come some distance since World War II in becoming Europe. Donald Rumsfeld distance war country What is the value of having millions of people in Iraq not having a repressive regime? What is the value of having the Iraqi regime not shooting at UK and US aircraft almost every day? What is the value of the Iraqis having a free press? What is the value of the foreign minister of Iraq going to Paris, calling for an end of the Gadhafi regime and citing Iraq as a model, as an example, that in fact a freer political system can exist in that part of the world? Donald Rumsfeld paris iraq people If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random. Donald Rumsfeld tests guidance decision We know where they are. They are in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad. Donald Rumsfeld mass-destruction wmd iraq You can have a broad popular democracy movement and have it end being taken over by the most vicious people and the result is you don't end up with free political systems or free economic systems, you end up with a handful of radicals controlling the country. Donald Rumsfeld taken country people To gain support in U.S. Congress and from other nations requires clarity, an acceptable mission and an explicit outcome. Donald Rumsfeld support gains outcomes The most underestimated risk for a politician is overexposure. Donald Rumsfeld overexposure risk politician After he saw what happened to Saddam Hussein, he (Gadhafi) did not want to be Saddam Hussein. He gave up his nuclear program. Donald Rumsfeld nuclear hussein want The natural state of man is to want to be free. To have opportunities. To have choices. Donald Rumsfeld choices opportunity men And there is, I am certain, among the Iraqi people a respect for the care and the precision that went into the bombing campaign. Donald Rumsfeld campaigns care people Pieces of intelligence, scraps of intelligence...you run down leads and you run down leads, and you hope that sometimes it works. Donald Rumsfeld pieces running sometimes There will be good moments, and there will be less good moments. Donald Rumsfeld good-moments be-good moments As you know, you go to war with the army you have, not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time. Since the Iraq conflict began, the Army has been pressing ahead to produce the armor necessary at a rate that they believe - it's a greatly expanded rate from what existed previously, but a rate that they believe is the rate that is all that can be accomplished at this moment. Donald Rumsfeld army war believe
