Quotes by Anthony Lake

“push them further into the arms of their Communist supporters.”

“The decision is not driven by processes or meetings. The decision will be driven by the situation in eastern Zaire, ... It has been moving in positive directions. But we cant be certain that it will continue to do so, so we will on a daily basis keep looking at it.”

“I hope that when we do run into incidents involving casualties, there is not then a great outcry for pulling back. It is terribly important that when you use military power and send American soldiers out, you do it unflinchingly so you dont invite such attacks.”

“It is nasty and brutish without being short,”

“If confirmed, my job will be to present the views of the intelligence community, and my own judgment, unvarnished and unprejudiced, ... We must have an intelligence process of absolute integrity.”

“[In a May 1996 interview with] Inside Politics, ... The policy worked, and now were getting the Iranians and their influence out of Bosnia, and I think its a good story.”

“I will try to follow the advice that a university president once gave a prospective commencement speaker. Think of yourself as the body at an Irish wake he said. They need you in order to have the party, but no one expects you to say very much.”

“By 2010, Africa could be providing the United States with as many oil imports as the Middle East.”