# Looking for a quote on contingency planning

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 18, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quote-on-contingency-planning/933242 "2021-02-18T17:46:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quote-on-contingency-planning/933242/1 "2021-02-18T17:46:35Z")

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It either came from Rumsfeld or Cheney apropos the invasion of Iraq and it amounted to saying that if you make a plan that includes the contingency of failure, then failure is what you get. I tried tracking it down using google, but could not get the wording close enough to hit it. Can anyone here track it down.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2021, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quote-on-contingency-planning/933242/2 "2021-02-18T22:16:31Z")

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I think I’m remembering the same quote, but it was about the plan not having a planned victory condition.

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**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quote-on-contingency-planning/933242/3 "2021-02-19T02:20:39Z")

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The title made me think OP was looking for price rates on insurance premiums.

_bump_

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**Author:** ![Astrid1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Astrid1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astrid1)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quote-on-contingency-planning/933242/4 "2021-02-19T17:44:42Z")

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There Is No Good Excuse for Failing to Have a Contingency Plan  
Is it this one?

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**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quote-on-contingency-planning/933242/5 "2021-02-19T18:05:27Z")

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The tenor of the quote was that we don’t make plans in case of failure for if you plan for failure is what you get. I would like to use the quote, but I will just use the basic idea.