Donald Rumsfeld Quotes on Security (13 Quotes)

He will either deal with the problem of disarming or he will tell the world community that he is unwilling to -- and the next choice, as the president has suggested, is with the United Nations and the members of the Security Council,

need to speed up the process by which Iraqis assume greater responsibility for their own security.

I don't know that he necessarily reflects the U.N., the center of gravity of the Security Council on any particular issue at any particular time,

The resolution addresses the subject, and it's up to the Security Council to make conclusions about whether it is or is not a material breach,

an obligation to assist in providing security, and the coalition forces are doing that. They're patrolling in various cities. Where they see looting, they're stopping it.

will make the right choices -- choices that will serve the world's real interests in regional peace and security.

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

The one thing everyone's agreed upon for sure is that we simply have to keep increasing the number of Iraqis that are involved in the security side,

Our objective is not to create dependency but to encourage Iraqi independence, by giving Iraqis increasing responsibility, over time, for the security and governance of their country, ... Because long-term stability comes not from the presence of foreign forces but from the development of functioning local institutions. The sooner Iraqis can take responsibility for their own affairs the sooner U.S. forces can come home.

The way that we can leave that country better than we found it, a lot better -- no more mass graves, no more prisons filled with people -- we can leave it by investing in the kinds of security that we're talking about here, ... That is what this request is overwhelmingly about.

The stronger the interim government gets, the more effective the security situation in the country gets, the less likely that there will be substantial operations like this. But that's some distance off,

We recognize and respect the leadership role that you have taken in this country politically and from an economic standpoint as well as a security standpoint,

I have no idea what the reaction of members of the council will be. I have been careful to say it's not for me to make those judgments. It's up to the Security Council and individual members to come to conclusions,