Donald Rumsfeld Quotes

I have newspapers coming to me and saying, 'Can we get in on the TARP?'.

Some, but much of my money is tied up in Playboy stock.

You cut their money back, for one thing... I go back a long way with the NEA.

The government gave me enough money to go to acting school.

I don't know why the guys with the big money don't find five terrific young producers and give each of them enough to commission a musical and to live on for a year. You'd be likely to get at least one project with a future.

And I have to say, I agree with some of the criticisms that some have made about that state program which allocates the grant money on a very rigid formula all across the country, with a certain percentage to each state.

If the government is going to mandate levels and punish schools for failing, they should send that money to the school system.

Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk.

Your team has to understand that coming into the ABA, you have to have your investments right and sponsorships and people ready to give you money so they can back you up.

There's a good argument to be made that companies that are private, where they're run by partnerships, where everybody has true stake in them and they're not playing with other people's money, that by default it's a safer system, because you really have skin in the game. You really own the company.

I never once considered that it was appropriate to put taxpayer money on the line in resolving Lehman Brothers.

Well, I think the best form would be to put money directly in the pockets of consumers.

It's much easier to fail when you're in the pilot, early stage, when it's less expensive and you're exploring than when you're way out the door and you've spent all this money. Industry is smart: structured to have skunkworks and pilot phases.

Starting a business is risky. Half of all new businesses fail to experience a fifth anniversary. And everyone knows that you could lose all the money you've invested in your new company and then some. Those are the obvious risks of trying to be an entrepreneur.

We were able in the Recovery Act to get a program where we increased our loan guarantees to 90 percent. Because we had that program, a bank wouldn't have to take that much risk.

In many cases, the Treasury will get preferred or convertible preferred stock for the money it gives to banks. These shares typically don't have voting rights, possibly to give more of a hands-off appearance to the government.

I'm not going to deprive my constituents of money that's out there.

With Government funding comes regulation.

I'm scared about every dollar that comes into my business. I'm scared about what that means in Obamacare, in taxes. Every single thing that is happening to me is out of my control.

Well private money can take risks in a way that government money often isn't willing to.

I opposed the bailout of banks and car companies.

Decisions about whether industries or companies should be publicly or privately owned are for the governments of developing countries to make; but where they ask for our assistance we'll give it.

There is much in American society which I admire, but I have long held the view that the absence of an effective safety net in that country means that too many needy citizens fall by the wayside. That is not the path that Australia will tread. Nor do we want the burdens of nanny state paternalism that now weigh down many economies in Europe.

The government cannot become a bailout organization for companies on the verge of bankruptcy.

The only sure thing is that in business there are no sure things.