--- title: "25 Obama Quotes By Elliott Abrams" description: "25 Obama quotes by Elliott Abrams. Plus more from Elliott Abrams and more Obama sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/elliott-abrams-1577_barack_on-taking-office-in-2009-u-s-president-b_2684948.jpg" --- > [On taking office in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama put Israeli settlements at the center of U.S. policy in the Middle East.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/on-taking-office-in-2009-u-s-president-barack-obama-put-israeli/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba4/elliott-abrams-1577_barack_on-taking-office-in-2009-u-s-president-b_2684948.jpg) > [Both Bibi and Obama realize that they are going to have to face the problem of Iran together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/both-bibi-and-obama-realize-that-they-are-going-to-have-to-face-the/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/elliott-abrams-1577_both_both-bibi-and-obama-realize-that-they-ar_1313146.jpg) > [I just don't understand how Kerry or Obama or anybody else thought Assad was going to change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/i-just-don-t-understand-how-kerry-or-obama-or-anybody-else-thought/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aaa/elliott-abrams-1577_anybody_i-just-don-t-understand-how-kerry-or-oba_1939332.jpg) > [Obama is like the kid brother whose only standard for judging his own achievements is the records his big brother set.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/obama-is-like-the-kid-brother-whose-only-standard-for-judging-his-own/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/503/elliott-abrams-1577_achievements_obama-is-like-the-kid-brother-whose-only_3128218.jpg) > [I think President Obama views Israel as a problem that needs to be solved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/i-think-president-obama-views-israel-as-a-problem-that-needs-to-be/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ba/elliott-abrams-1577_i-think_i-think-president-obama-views-israel-as_1972255.jpg) > [Barack Obama's military triumphs will come neither in long wars nor even short ones, but in a series of raids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/barack-obama-s-military-triumphs-will-come-neither-in-long-wars-nor/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e42/elliott-abrams-1577_barack_barack-obama-s-military-triumphs-will-co_1762145.jpg) > [Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/those-who-cannot-remember-the-past-are-condemned-it-seems-to-direct/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/elliott-abrams-1577_administration_those-who-cannot-remember-the-past-are-c_2919203.jpg) > [Obama isn't good off the cuff, especially when challenged; he is far better with a prepared speech.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/obama-isn-t-good-off-the-cuff-especially-when-challenged-he-is-far/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c48/elliott-abrams-1577_better_obama-isn-t-good-off-the-cuff-especially_2284716.jpg) > [Even today, when the Obama administration has liberalized travel to Cuba - and failed to reverse that liberalization when Alan Gross was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/even-today-when-the-obama-administration-has-liberalized-travel-to/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce0/elliott-abrams-1577_administration_even-today-when-the-obama-administration_2392764.jpg) > [Obama's foreign policy is strangely self-centered, focused on himself and the United States rather than on the conduct and needs of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/obama-s-foreign-policy-is-strangely-self-centered-focused-on-himself/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/334/elliott-abrams-1577_allies_obama-s-foreign-policy-is-strangely-self_1377299.jpg) > [The Obama administration has been trying out a new policy toward Syria since the day it came to office. The Bush cold…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/the-obama-administration-has-been-trying-out-a-new-policy-toward/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1e/elliott-abrams-1577_administration_the-obama-administration-has-been-trying_2458412.jpg) > [The Knesset is in Israel, and the Western Wall is in Israel, and the sooner the Obama administration realizes this, the closer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/the-knesset-is-in-israel-and-the-western-wall-is-in-israel-and-the/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/elliott-abrams-1577_actually_the-knesset-is-in-israel-and-the-western_657808.jpg) > [In 2007, early in the improbable presidential candidacy of Barack Obama, the young first-term senator began a series of foreign-policy speeches that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/in-2007-early-in-the-improbable-presidential-candidacy-of-barack/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd3/elliott-abrams-1577_barack_in-2007-early-in-the-improbable-presiden_181243.jpg) > [If you say to the White House, 'Obama has been very unfriendly to Israel,' they say, 'What do you mean? It's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/if-you-say-to-the-white-house-obama-has-been-very-unfriendly-to/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/384/elliott-abrams-1577_been_if-you-say-to-the-white-house-obama-has_1011715.jpg) > [In 2004, President Bush gave Prime Minister Sharon certain guarantees about American policy, but the Obama administration treated those as a kind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/in-2004-president-bush-gave-prime-minister-sharon-certain-guarantees/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/45b/elliott-abrams-1577_about_in-2004-president-bush-gave-prime-minist_2778177.jpg) > [Peace in the Middle East has been on the Obama administration's mind from the beginning. Two days after his inauguration, the president…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/peace-in-the-middle-east-has-been-on-the-obama-administration-s-mind/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/elliott-abrams-1577_administration_peace-in-the-middle-east-has-been-on-the_1153629.jpg) > [Now in its third year in office, the Obama Administration has never championed the cause of human rights. Its slow reaction in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/now-in-its-third-year-in-office-the-obama-administration-has-never/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/026/elliott-abrams-1577_administration_now-in-its-third-year-in-office-the-obam_700230.jpg) > [For the entire first term, Obama and his people blamed Bush for everything - which is another way of saying they felt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/for-the-entire-first-term-obama-and-his-people-blamed-bush-for/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2bb/elliott-abrams-1577_another_for-the-entire-first-term-obama-and-his_3173607.jpg) > [The Obama administration appears to regard intelligence leaks and briefings more or less like briefings by the Democratic National Committee or White…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/the-obama-administration-appears-to-regard-intelligence-leaks-and/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/elliott-abrams-1577_administration_the-obama-administration-appears-to-rega_2725481.jpg) > [The Middle East that Obama inherited in 2009 was largely at peace, for the surge in Iraq had beaten down the al…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/the-middle-east-that-obama-inherited-in-2009-was-largely-at-peace-for/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a46/elliott-abrams-1577_al_the-middle-east-that-obama-inherited-in_935470.jpg) > [The Obama administration has vastly expanded the use of armed drones and concentrated a great deal of diplomatic effort on building and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/the-obama-administration-has-vastly-expanded-the-use-of-armed-drones/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c1/elliott-abrams-1577_about_the-obama-administration-has-vastly-expa_2567597.jpg) > [On the human rights side, administration policy has been marked by indifference. When the people of Iran flooded the streets to protest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/on-the-human-rights-side-administration-policy-has-been-marked-by/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/477/elliott-abrams-1577_administration_on-the-human-rights-side-administration_2898741.jpg) > [President Obama has never summarized the Obama Doctrine with such clarity, but here is what it would look like: 'I will undertake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/president-obama-has-never-summarized-the-obama-doctrine-with-such/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ec/elliott-abrams-1577_against_president-obama-has-never-summarized-the_23722.jpg) > [In critical ways, Obama has reversed not just Bush policy but every president's approach to the world since the Second World War,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/in-critical-ways-obama-has-reversed-not-just-bush-policy-but-every/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/635/elliott-abrams-1577_approach_in-critical-ways-obama-has-reversed-not_928740.jpg) > [The Obama administration rarely demonstrated the ability to shift gears and change policy in its first year. Even in the face of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/the-obama-administration-rarely-demonstrated-the-ability-to-shift/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/elliott-abrams-1577_ability_the-obama-administration-rarely-demonstr_2672288.jpg) ## Other authors on Obama ## More by Elliott Abrams > [President Obama has never summarized the Obama Doctrine with such clarity, but here is what it would look like: 'I will undertake any military…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/president-obama-has-never-summarized-the-obama-doctrine-with-such/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [The story of the Jews in the Bible is replete with incidents of their ingratitude to God for His gifts to them: incidents that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/the-story-of-the-jews-in-the-bible-is-replete-with-incidents-of-their/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [History may someday record that the Arab awakening that began with the Arab revolt of 1916 against the Ottomans ended about a century later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/history-may-someday-record-that-the-arab-awakening-that-began-with/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [From its earliest days in the nineteenth century, and until the Holocaust, the Orthodox rabbinate in eastern Europe was not enthusiastic about the Zionist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/from-its-earliest-days-in-the-nineteenth-century-and-until-the/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [The Pope is not a political figure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/the-pope-is-not-a-political-figure/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 to Israeli…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/israel-and-the-palestinians-had-been-at-the-table-together-for/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [Pundits are used to analyzing the gap between what our ideals suggest and what our security interests require.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/pundits-are-used-to-analyzing-the-gap-between-what-our-ideals-suggest/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [The Egyptian military and the government of Israel have long had a common interest in maintaining order and fighting terrorism in Sinai.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/the-egyptian-military-and-the-government-of-israel-have-long-had-a/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [In 2007, early in the improbable presidential candidacy of Barack Obama, the young first-term senator began a series of foreign-policy speeches that seemed too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/in-2007-early-in-the-improbable-presidential-candidacy-of-barack/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [Terrorists that kill Americans don't get released.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/terrorists-that-kill-americans-don-t-get-released/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [Refusing to lift sanctions and adopting tougher rhetoric toward Iran would not be partisan issues. Plenty of Democrats think that those actions are both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/refusing-to-lift-sanctions-and-adopting-tougher-rhetoric-toward-iran/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [At the height of the Cold War, when Ronald Reagan was president, the Soviets and their allies and satellites did not shirk human rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/at-the-height-of-the-cold-war-when-ronald-reagan-was-president-the/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [I personally would not talk to a Jew for Jesus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/i-personally-would-not-talk-to-a-jew-for-jesus/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/when-freedom-of-the-press-is-threatened-the-united-states-should-be/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) > [Israel bombed the Syrian nuclear reactor in 2007. What the Syrians did in response, nothing. Israel has killed a number of terrorist leaders in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/israel-bombed-the-syrian-nuclear-reactor-in-2007-what-the-syrians-did/) [Elliott Abrams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-abrams/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/obama/elliott-abrams/#itemlist", "name": "25 Obama Quotes By Elliott Abrams", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "On taking office in 2009, U.S. President Barack Obama put Israeli settlements at the center of U.S. policy in the Middle East.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Elliott Abrams" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-abrams/on-taking-office-in-2009-u-s-president-barack-obama-put-israeli/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": 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