“The only thing not to do in a crisis situation is to remain in the status quo. Up to the present every crisis has ultimately served as a springboard for progress.”

— Turgut Özal

The Washington Institute's Eighth Annual Turgut Ozal Memorial Lecture. (June 19, 2006) http://www.defenselink.mil/transcripts/transcript.aspx?transcriptid=25
From remarks by United States Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Ambassador Eric S. Edelman at The Washington Institute's Eighth Annual Turgut Ozal Memorial Lecture.

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