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.

One of your tasks is to separate the “personal” from the “substantive.” The two can become confused, especially if someone rubs the President wrong.

Politics is human beings; it’s addition rather than subtraction.

Make decisions about the President’s personal security. He can overrule you, but don’t ask him to be the one to counsel caution.

Work continuously to trim the White House staff from your first day to your last. All the pressures are to the contrary.

Don’t necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

I will not allow the selfless efforts of my husband and his friends to be abandoned. I will continue the struggle for a free and equal South Africa.

…most of the world’s fossil-fuel reserves must remain in the ground if an environmental disaster for humankind is to be averted, but under the logic of state-supported capitalist institutions, the private owners of those reserves are racing to exploit them to the fullest.

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.

The most significant indicator that there is no disaster in Iraq is the fact that there is no exodus.

Banning guns is an idea whose time has come.

Well, I think everybody is frustrated by the finances of the U.N. and the inability to solve problems of war and peace.

We can win an awful lot of people into the political spectrum, by offering something that is … radical.

It appears, our partners thought that this would never affect them, this counterproductive politics of restrictions and sanctions. But now we are seeing that this is happening.

Do you train for passing tests or do you train for creative inquiry?

Quite apart from the superpower confrontation, the US was committed to restoring the traditional conservative order. To achieve this aim, it was necessary to destroy the anti-fascist resistance, often in favor of Nazi and fascist collaborators, to weaken…popular organizations.

I said on the Department of Justice, I would stay uninvolved. Now I may get involved at some point if it gets worse.

The Affordable Care Act isn’t Barack’s legacy, it’s the country’s legacy.

Millions around the world increasingly see America not as a model of democracy but as relying solely on brute force, cobbling coalitions together under the slogan, ‘You’re either with us or against us.’

President Hoover has done everything any one could do to bring about improvement in business and industry. Everything President Hoover has advised or tried to put into effect has been sound.

There’s an array of terms of abuse [in the U.S.], like “Marxist,” but it doesn’t matter really, it’s a very free society. So if you’re vilified by some commissars, who cares, you go on-you do your work anyway.