In which I post blank verse

[pozorvlak]

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.

-- Donald Rumsfeld
[Via Slate and Jeff Atwood.]

Comments

[oedipamaas49]

*nod*
Must be one of the most unfairly mocked statements of any politician.

[pozorvlak]

Yep. Though I think people mostly now realise its essential truth.

[ryani]

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