That ’s life!
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld is not only well-versed in poetry, he doesn't shy away from true philosophy either, as these ponderings on the universal question what is life demonstrate...
On NATO
- You may think it ’s something
- I ought to know,
- But I happen not to.
- That ’s life.
- (July 9, 2003)
On reporters
- If you do something,
- Somebody ’s not going
- To agree with it.
- That ’s life.
- (Feb. 19, 2003)
On the budget
- If you do anything,
- Someone ’s not going
- To like it and
- That ’s life.
- (May 7, 2002)
On leaks
- Look bumpy? Sure.
- But you pick up
- And go on.
- That ’s life.
- (May 17, 2002)
On democracy
- People elected
- Those people to office.
- That ’s what they think, and
- That ’s life.
- (Feb. 20, 2003)
On people
- They ’re going to have
- Some impact on
- What happens in that country
- And that ’s not wrong.
- That ’s life.
- (Nov. 16, 2001)
On criticism
- It makes it complicated.
- Sometimes, it makes
- It difficult.
- That ’s life.
- (Sept. 11, 2003)
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