Rumsfeld Classics

1.I'm a patient man. And when I say I'm a patient man, I mean I'm a patient man.
2. I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe — I believe what I believe is right
3. I recently met with the finance minister of the Palestinian Authority, was very impressed by his grasp of finances
4. I promise you I will listen to what has been said here, even though I wasn't here
5. For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times
Classic:
"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."
This quote has not only passed into linguistic legend, it also won Rumsfeld a " Foot in Mouth " award from the British Plain English Campaign.