More - Donald Rumsfeld Quotes

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

 American Politician Projects

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

Donald Rumsfeld

 American Politician

The senator knows this subject inside and out. He's interested in it. He's deeply involved in the process of fashioning a growth plan and it's going to be a good one.

Donald Rumsfeld

 

Watch the growth of middle level management. Don't automatically fill vacant jobs. Leave some positions unfilled for 6-8 months to see what happens. You will find you won't need to fill some of them.

Donald Rumsfeld

 Growth

We are seeing history unfold, events that will shape the course of a country, the fate of a people and potentially the future of the region.

Donald Rumsfeld

 Country

I have indicated that if that's his request, I think it's appropriate,

Donald Rumsfeld

 

a lot of capabilities that are engaged and on standby.

Donald Rumsfeld

 Capability

the only people who are going to increase or decrease U.S. forces in Afghanistan will be the president of the United States or me.

Donald Rumsfeld

 Afghanistan

and we have worked over a number if not all of their terrorist training camps.

Donald Rumsfeld

 

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

 American Politician Congress