Lawrence Eagleburger
Lawrence Eagleburger
Lawrence Sidney Eagleburgerwas an American statesman and career diplomat, who served briefly as the Secretary of State under President George H. W. Bush. Previously, he had served in lesser capacities under Presidents Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan, and as Deputy Secretary of State under George H. W. Bush...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDiplomat
Date of Birth1 August 1930
CountryUnited States of America
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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.
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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.
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If we had made it clear from the very beginning that we were not going to tolerate another nuclear power on the face of the earth, and had done it in Korea, where we could have accomplished it militarily, if necessary, I would put a stop to it and would have put a stop to it there.
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The consequence of a world full of nuclear powers to me is so incomprehensible in terms of the dangers that that implies.
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it would be a close call in either case.
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Probably some of them don't believe it was a mistake, and for those who do ... people don't often like to admit they're wrong. I'm not even sure I'm right when I say it was a mistake.
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When you're in the presence of the president of the United States ... you're likely to pull your punches to some degree.
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We have to spend a lot more time training people to be good advocates of U.S. business.
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Given the attitude of the French and the Germans, I don't think there's anything we can do that will convince them, because I don't think they want to be convinced.
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Milosevic, who in my judgment is a liar and a thief and a scoundrel,
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One of the things that was clearly a part of the president's decision was that all of his generals were telling him it was time to leave,
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We must advertise to U.S. business that we are there, that our attitude has changed, and that we care. When we are asked to help, we have to perform and provide the right advice.
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There has been a major improvement in the way U.S. Ambassadors and the Foreign Service establishment try to assist U.S. business overall.
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It was Sharon - and Sharon alone - who was driving this thing in the right direction.