Quotes of Donald Rumsfeld - somelinesforyou

“ Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns the ones we don't know we don't know. ”

- 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

“ We think he is in Afghanistan,... He may not be. Afghanistan has long, porous borders. In the event he decides to flee, we will have to follow him where he flees. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ We also recognize the damage that can be done by the allegations alone, if they're not true, or if there's some explanation of some sort. But, that's the world we live in. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ We also recognize the damage that can be done by the allegations alone, if they're not true, or if there's some explanation of some sort. But, that's the world we live in. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ In terms of having first-hand information, I just can't imagine that he does,... The allegation is ridiculous. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ I don't think of it as retaliation. I don't think of it as punishment. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ I think everyone can make their own judgment about it,... I know what I think. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ The situation is evolving and we do have some troops in the vicinity,... At the moment, things are at an acceptable level. Some real estate has changed hands, but at the moment we see no threat to Americans. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ He's either dead, or he's incapacitated, or he's healthy and cowering in some tunnel someplace trying to avoid being caught. What else can one say? ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ I am very impressed, Mr. Secretary, about how quickly we have responded and the assets that you have ordered deployed to help these people. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ These are the people who took plastic knives and box cutters and flew airplanes filled with themselves, as well as American citizens, into the World Trade Center and this building you're sitting in (the Pentagon),... Why would one be surprised that they're determined, well-trained, clever, capable of using modern technology… ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ I don't think of it as retaliation. I don't think of it as punishment. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ To say that these attacks are in any way attacks against Afghanistan or the Afghan people is flat wrong. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ These are the people who took plastic knives and box cutters and flew airplanes filled with themselves, as well as American citizens, into the World Trade Center and this building you're sitting in (the Pentagon),... Why would one be surprised that they're determined, well-trained, clever, capable of using modern technology… ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ Coalition forces have caused such attrition to the Republican Guard units ringing the capital. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ We have had a pattern of increasing the number of coalition forces during periods when there was an expectation that the insurgents and terrorists would like to try to disrupt the political process. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ What it means is that the president decided to engage our brains rather than open the taxpayers' wallets immediately, and what he wants to do is to conduct a quick, prompt review,... FOX News Sunday. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ We are anxious to do everything we possibly can to see that Afghanistan does not go back to becoming a haven for terrorists or sanctuary for terrorists. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ He is not able to effectively run his safe haven in Afghanistan, and our goal was to take the Taliban government out and to make sure that Afghanistan was not a sanctuary for terrorists. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ We'd like to see them improve and I believe that (China) would, too,... The question is if we can find ways to do it that are comfortable from both nations' standpoint. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ I don't think of it as retaliation. I don't think of it as punishment. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ We also recognize the damage that can be done by the allegations alone, if they're not true, or if there's some explanation of some sort. But, that's the world we live in. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ In terms of having first-hand information, I just can't imagine that he does,... The allegation is ridiculous. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ We've got to find a way to have the military justice system operate at a pace that reflects the world of the 21st century with 24-hour news and a desire to report things that are dramatic and negative, and to repeat them over and over again until for some reason they are disproved or they're concluded, and the longer that period is the more harmful it is for our country. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

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

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ Russia is, of course, recognized as having formidable nuclear capabilities, and Russia faces some strategic issues around its periphery. Our review prudently takes this into account. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld

“ We think he is in Afghanistan,... He may not be. Afghanistan has long, porous borders. In the event he decides to flee, we will have to follow him where he flees. ”

- Donald Rumsfeld
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