All Elliott Abrams Quotes
- The notion that public service requires men and women of good character now seems quaint. Character
- While foreign competitors, French or Japanese or German, merrily bid for contracts abroad, American companies find themselves tangled in a web of legislation designed to… Abroad
- Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics. Achieved
- The logic of collective security is flawless, provided it can be made to work under the conditions prevailing on the international scene... The odds, however,… Collective
- The Middle East that Obama inherited in 2009 was largely at peace, for the surge in Iraq had beaten down the al Qaeda-linked groups. U.S.… Al
- Reagan did not wait out the Soviets; he beat them. Beat
- The United States should encourage Israel to take further steps to improve the Palestinian economy. Economy
- Four years is a long time in politics. Four
- The story of the Jews in the Bible is replete with incidents of their ingratitude to God for His gifts to them: incidents that just… Bible
- One good way of measuring the mood in Israel is just how alert or relaxed the guards at every restaurant entrance appear to be. Alert
- Egypt needs law and order in Sinai to save the tourist industry in Sharm el-Sheik and prevent the area from becoming a base for terrorists… Area
- 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 general… Barack
- On the human rights side, administration policy has been marked by indifference. When the people of Iran flooded the streets to protest the theft of… Administration
- The Obama administration has vastly expanded the use of armed drones and concentrated a great deal of diplomatic effort on building and maintaining alliances that… Access
- Pinochet took power in a 1973 military coup that the United States supported. Coup
- While Israelis do not care too much about Europeans moral judgments, the E.U. is an important market for them, and European sanctions of any kind… Any
- The devastation of the ancient Christian community in Iraq is well known. Ancient
- Scandinavia is boring. People living there apparently have little to do. And as European history teaches, when there is nothing much to do, you may… Amuse
- Can Israelis be wistful? It is not the characteristic we usually associate with them; more typically they are said to be tough, sweet, angry, thoughtful,… Angry
- Does anyone believe that Kofi Annan scares Bashar Assad? Annan
- The presence of jihadis in Syria should be no surprise. Jihadis
- Nineteen-seventy-nine had been a year of American setbacks around the globe. Before the year began, Cuban troops were already roaming Angola, and a pro-Communist regime… American
- On June 19, 1981, a vigorously healthy Justice Potter Stewart resigned from the Supreme Court at the age of 66. Age
- The Obama administration appears to regard intelligence leaks and briefings more or less like briefings by the Democratic National Committee or White House flack Jay… Administration
- The Egyptian military and the government of Israel have long had a common interest in maintaining order and fighting terrorism in Sinai. Common