11/05/1991
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"When you're rallying world opinion and trying to, you know, come up with the right language at the United Nations to send a clear signal, it takes a while."
"We'll be deliberate. Yet time is not on our side. I will not wait on events while dangers gather. I will not stand by as peril draws closer and closer."
"The problem with diplomacy, it takes a while to get something done. If you're acting alone, you can move quickly."
"Because it takes time to get things done."