A terrorist can attack any time, any place using any technique and you can't defend everywhere against every technique at every moment.
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 RumsfeldI don't know anybody that I can think of who has contended that the Iraqis had nuclear weapons.
Donald RumsfeldIt is worth reminding that being president is a tough job for anybody, and particularly so in the information age. There's such a glut of information. Anything a president says or does is picked up on the Internet or the 24/7 news media and criticized almost instantly. Leaders persuade through their words and as such their words need to be measured and well chosen. It is a tough job.
Donald Rumsfeld