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"There are unknown unknowns" is a phrase from a response United States Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld gave to a question at a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) news briefing on February 12, 2002, about the lack of evidence linking the government of Iraq with the supply of weapons of mass destruction to terrorist groups. Rumsfeld stated: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. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tends to be the difficult ones.

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Peace may cost as much as war, but it is a better buy.
If you get up one time more than you fall, you will make it through.
Religion is a man using a divining rod. Philosophy is a man using a pick and shovel.
No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses to sing.
Protest long enough that you are right, and you will be wrong. It is easier to admire hard work if you don't do it.
He who ashamed of his poverty would be equally proud of his wealth.
Prayer doesn't change things. It changes people and they change things.
Prejudice is the reasoning of fools.
Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
The hardest work in the world is that which should have been done yesterday.
Beware of the man who knows the answer before he understands the question.
An expert knows all the answers - if you ask the right questions.
If someone offers to furnish a sure test, ask what the test was which made the sure test sure.
There is a growing suspicion that what the world needs now is a religion that will cover the other six days of the week.
Religion is meant to be bread for daily use, not cake for special occasions.
Freedom is a package deal - with it comes responsibilities and consequences.
If the world were so organized that everything has to be fair, no living creature could survive for a day. The birds would be forbidden to eat worms, and everyone's self-interest would have to be served.
Someone has described science as an orderly arrangement of what, at the moment, seems to be facts.
Before a diamond shows its brilliancy and prismatic colors it has to stand a good deal of cutting and smoothing.
Think highly of yourself, for the world takes you at your own estimate.

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