Donald Rumsfeld Quotes (614 Quotes)

Today, history is being written by the valiant men and women of America's armed forces and by determined citizens who will do all they can to win this test of wills for that is what it is to keep our children from experiencing the heartbreak and terror of Sept. 11,

The task is to keep at it until Americans can go through their lives without fear, ... It is a marathon, not a sprint. It will be years, not weeks or months.

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,

It's not clear to me that that will even be decided until after the government that follows the interim government is in place.

We had total control of the air. We would have seen anything like that,

Trust us. We are doing this right.

I agreed only with the fact that some people talk like that and that Vice President Agnew should not have used or thought such derogatory and offensive and unfair and insensitive things about minorities.

Twenty-five million people in Iraq are free, ... They've been liberated. The schools are functioning. There's a new interim constitution that protects the rights of women and will protect minorities and ethnic elements in that country. It's an advance for freedom.

and we have worked over a number if not all of their terrorist training camps.

have not done what the Pakistan government has done -- put troops along the border and prevent terrorists from escaping out of Afghanistan into their country.

Why the intelligence proved wrong on weapons of mass destruction, I'm not in a position to say, ... I simply don't know.

The combat units serving in Iraq and most of the supporting units serving in the theater will be replaced,

Our dependence on operations in space, however, makes us somewhat vulnerable to new challenges. It's only logical to conclude that we must be attentive to these vulnerabilities and pay careful attention to protecting and promoting our interests in space,

If I said, 'My goodness, that's a big help,' it suggests that we plan to go use them. And that is a decision the president has not made,