Been Quotes by Elliott Abrams

For many societies, the journey to modernity has been painful and costly.

— Elliott Abrams

The ransoming of captives has been practiced by Jews for many centuries and has been regarded as a greater obligation than charity…

— Elliott Abrams

The anchors of the Arab consensus have long been Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and both are now weakened forces in Arab politics…

— Elliott Abrams

Every Arab 'republic' has been a republic of fear, but only Saddam Hussein's Iraq surpassed the Assads' Syria in number of victims.

— Elliott Abrams

Mass killing has very clearly not been eliminated, nor has the 'international community' developed a response that will avert it or bring…

— Elliott Abrams

Bahai Iranians are barred from holding government jobs, their children are excluded from the nation's university system, their marriages are not recognized…

— Elliott Abrams

Peace in the Middle East has been on the Obama administration's mind from the beginning. Two days after his inauguration, the president…

— Elliott Abrams

Denmark has long been regarded as one of the world's most attractive nations, for citizens and tourists alike. My own visits there,…

— Elliott Abrams

Israel and the Palestinians had been at the table together for decades until the Obama/Mitchell/Rahm Emanuel decision to demand a total end…

— Elliott Abrams

On the human rights side, administration policy has been marked by indifference. When the people of Iran flooded the streets to protest…

— Elliott Abrams

Nineteen-seventy-nine had been a year of American setbacks around the globe. Before the year began, Cuban troops were already roaming Angola, and…

— Elliott Abrams

The Obama administration has been trying out a new policy toward Syria since the day it came to office. The Bush cold…

— Elliott Abrams

It was simply impossible to support Carter for reelection in 1980 and easy for me to support Reagan. The Reagan campaign was…

— Elliott Abrams

I don't think a Palestinian state is going to be created at a conference table; it will be created on the ground…

— Elliott Abrams

There's been an Israeli position, which is 'We love Mubarak,' that permeates their whole society, the political class. That certainly differs from…

— Elliott Abrams

If you say to the White House, 'Obama has been very unfriendly to Israel,' they say, 'What do you mean? It's the…

— Elliott Abrams