"When the policy is controversial, you have to……" — Elliott Abrams

"When the policy is controversial, you have to go out and defend it."

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156 Quotes by Elliott Abrams

Elliott Abrams has 156 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The intersection of religion and world politics has often been a bloody crossroads.
I never said I had no idea about most of the things you said I said I had no idea…
There isn't any way for the people of Nicaragua to find out what's going on in Nicaragua.
America was not founded to improve health care or housing; it was founded for freedom.
I grew up in Queens, in New York City, in a middle class Jewish family. My mother was a public…
It seems clear to me that the Obama Administration has no human rights policy. That is, while in some inchoate…
Two presidents pursued human rights policies that were serious and effective: Reagan and George W. Bush. They understood that American…
When you work in the White House you talk to the White House staff all day, so you're talking to…
It’s unlikely to change – there’s nothing in King Salman’s past as governor of Riyadh for about forty years that…
The Saudis and Emiratis blame all of this on Iran. I think they’d have to grant, that as has been…
Oil policy, policy toward the United States, policy toward Iran, Bahrain, Yemen, very unlikely, I think, to see significant change.…
In 2004, President Bush gave Prime Minister Sharon certain guarantees about American policy, but the Obama administration treated those as…

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More Controversial Quotes

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If journalism is good, it is controversial, by its nature. — Julian Assange
Just because you say something doesn't make it controversial, and it doesn't make you a bad person. — Charles Barkley
When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's… — Rob Bell
Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial. — Erma Bombeck
I decided I ought to pick a project that would not be controversial, that would not really cost the government… — Barbara Bush
I was a controversial figure on my reservation when I was a kid. I was mouthy and opinionated and arrogant.… — Sherman Alexie
I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you… — Jimmy Carter
I worked for George Bush. I'm proud to have worked for him. I think that a lot of the most… — Dick Cheney
You're going to die soon enough anyway; even if it's a hundred years from now, that's still the blink of… — Jesse Bering
Controversial proposals, once accepted, soon become hallowed. — Dean Acheson
In far too many families with young children, both parents are working, when, if they really took an honest look… — Rick Santorum
The idea that the Crusades and the fight of Christendom against Islam is somehow an aggression on our part is… — Rick Santorum

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