There are unknown unknowns

"There are unknown unknowns" (eestikeelses vabatõlkes "On olemas teadmata mitteteadmised" või "On olemas tundmatud tundmatud") on fraas repliigist, mille Ameerika Ühendriikide tollane kaitseminister Donald Rumsfeld andis pressikonverentsil esitatud küsimusele 12. veebruaril 2002.

Rumsfeld pressikonverentsil
(21. veebruar 2002)

Suurbritannia liikumine Plain English Campaign kuulutas Rumsfeldi repliigi 2003. aasta "Foot in Mouth" auhinna laureaadiks. Auhinda antakse igal aastal kõige hämmastavamatele ja seletamatutele avaliku elu tegelaste väljaütlemistele.

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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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