My point here is I think international pressures of our acting unilaterally again are going to be such that the administration will say, well, we just can't take this on now. Lawrence Eagleburger More Quotes by Lawrence Eagleburger More Quotes From Lawrence Eagleburger We have to spend a lot more time training people to be good advocates of U.S. business. Lawrence Eagleburger goodbusinesstimepeople The whole nuclear thing is a terrible mess and it's hard for me to understand why it is that we, the United States, seem to be the only ones that are really particularly concerned about it and prepared to do something. Lawrence Eagleburger somethingunderstandmehard The question is not really about a shift to the economic cone where officers are writing about the balance of payments and the need for economic stabilization. Lawrence Eagleburger questionneedbalancewriting That said, there is a tendency to help the large industrial conglomerate more quickly than the small company you have never heard of. That is something in the culture we are trying to change. Lawrence Eagleburger neveryouchangeculture Some day, somebody is going to have to start talking about what happens to us all a decade from now if we let these North Koreans and the Iranians go forward with their nuclear weapons program. Lawrence Eagleburger daystartgotalking Small- and medium-sized companies do not know what we have to offer and that needs to be changed. We must react just as strenuously on their behalf as we do for larger companies. Lawrence Eagleburger reactsmalljustknow Now there is a cultural change under way in the Foreign Service. Lawrence Eagleburger nowservicechangeway In a time of constrained resources we will have to shift emphasis. but not necessarily from the traditional Political Officer to the traditional Economic Officer. Lawrence Eagleburger willeconomicpoliticaltime And beyond that, the next issue is how do we guarantee one of these weapons, not necessarily this missile, but nuclear weapons ends up in the hands of Al Qaeda or some other terrorist group. Lawrence Eagleburger beyondsomegrouphands The fact of the matter is that if we were going to do anything about Gaddafi, it should have been at the beginning. And by fooling around like this as long as we have, we have wasted an opportunity that would have gotten rid of him. Lawrence Eagleburger beginningmatteropportunitylong
