If the staff lacks policy guidance against which to test decisions, their decisions will be random.
Donald RumsfeldIt is hard to put a price on some things. What is the value of having prevented nuclear weapons from getting into the hands of a dictator like Saddam Hussein - or of Gadhafi?
Donald RumsfeldKnow that the immediate staff and others in the Administration will assume that your manner, tone and tempo reflect the President's.
Donald RumsfeldI don't think we'll discover anything, myself. I think what will happen is we'll discover people who will tell us where to go find it. It is not like a treasure hunt where you just runaround looking everywhere hoping you find something. I just don't think that's going to happen. The inspectors didn't find anything, and I doubt that we will. What we will do is find the people who will tell us.
Donald Rumsfeld