Enjoy your time in public service. It may well be one of the most interesting and challenging times of your life.
Donald RumsfeldFind ways to decentralize. Move decision making authority down and out. Encourage a more entrepreneurial approach.
Donald RumsfeldDon'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 RumsfeldThe coalition did not act in Iraq because we had discovered dramatic new evidence of Iraq's pursuit. We acted because we saw the evidence in a dramatic new light - through the prism of our experience on 9/11.
Donald Rumsfeld