Donald Rumsfeld Quote

Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns—the ones we don't know we don't know.


news briefing, February 2002; the statement won the Plain English Campaign's Foot in Mouth award


Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we ...

Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we ...

Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we ...

Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we ...