Begin now because …

• to do the thing properly requires time and champagne, and at present neither are handy
• even those who have the highest hopes are worried
• things that you see around you will change
• the clock is ticking
• it looks like rain
• it is not going to go away
• we cannot afford to wait until a better technology comes along
• we will need all our imagination and our wisdom to cope with some of the critical moral questions soon to be thrust upon us
• the process can be long and challenging
• solutions will likely time time
• the risks are too grave and despite the associated difficulties, there is a great potential for good
• budget limits are already in place
• there’s so much to cover tonight
• of the great amount of lead time required
• we have become totally morally decadent
• it will be easier now
• the longer we delay, the further behind we will fall
• the complexities start to snare you
• when we do recover we are going to recover because we put things on a sound basis
• it is a revolutionary time