「英国广播公司」2日报导，当时，伦斯斐在记者会上是这麽说的，「本人对於一些有关尚未发生的事情之报导，一直相当有兴趣。因为，我们都知道，有些事情是已知的已知，也就是我们知道我们知道。而我们也知道，有些是已知的未知，也就是说，我们知道有些事情我们不知道。不过，还有不知的不知，就是那些我们不知道我们不知道的事情。」(．．．．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.)
图片：拉姆斯菲尔德到底是说什么？ [attach]7755[/attach]作者: DEMO 时间: 2003-12-3 18:25 Rum remark wins Rumsfeld an award
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has won a "Foot in Mouth" award for one of his now legendary bizarre remarks.
Mr Rumsfeld won the prize for comments made at a news conference in February last year which left observers baffled.
"There are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns," he said.
The British Plain English Campaign annually hands out the prize for the most n##被过滤##ensical remark made by a public figure.
Stiff competition
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.... Donald Rumsfeld's winning comment
A spokesman for the organisation, which tries to ensure public information is delivered in a clear manner, said Mr Rumsfeld's remarks were typical of the kind of comments they were trying to prevent.
"We think we know what he means," he told Reuters news agency.
"But we don't know if we really know."
Mr Rumsfeld fought off stiff competition for the award from actor turned California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger among others.
Mr Schwarzenegger weighed in on the gay marriage debate with the comment "I think that gay marriage is something that should be between a man and a woman."
I believe what I said yesterday. I don't know what I said, but I know what I think... and I assume it's what I said Donald Rumsfeld
And European Commissioner Chris Patten came close with his remark that the British C##被过滤##ervative Party had committed political suicide and was now living to regret it.
Previous winners of the award have included US actress Alicia Silverstone and actor Richard Gere.
But despite Mr Rumsfeld's rather outlandish mode of speaking, fans of the tough-talking US defence secretary argue he is misunderstood.
There are dozens of websites dedicated to the "poetry" of Mr Rumsfeld and there is even a book, entitled Pieces of Intelligence, dedicated to interpreting his statements as a form of existential writing.