08.30.05

Donald Rumsfield Quotes

Posted in Religion/Philosophy at 12:23 pm by James

The Unknown
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.

—Feb. 12, 2002, Department of Defense news briefing

I found the quote first on: Rumsfeld’s Wisdom
Where the known meets the unknown is where science begins. Also found another reference to his quotes at: slate.msn.com. Of course you can always check out the source at dod.gov

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