Elliott Abrams Quotes

You can't have a discussion about Israel and the region without including Iran and their nuclear ambitions.

Fundamentally, we have to recognize that Iran is not a partner.

Syria is a problem, but Iran is a bigger problem.

Iran is central to our foreign policy in the Middle East, a major player in global energy markets, and a key country in terms of our interaction with the Muslim world.

The Middle East is the tinder box of the world, and to be able to remove a nuclear threat of any kind out of Iran, that would have been a big deal, very positive step forward.

When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president.

Iran is the base of an axis of evil which is a problem for all the world.

The nuclear deal with Iran's radical clerics and their military junta is the most dangerous and potentially deadly action that the Obama administration has yet taken.

I absolutely think that we cannot trust Iran.

When it comes to Iran, we must not accept Obama's inconsistencies and weakness.

Another mess I inherited, and we have imposed new sanctions on the nation of Iran who has totally taken advantage of our previous administration, and they're the world's top sponsor of terrorism, and we're not going to stop until that problem is properly solved, and it's not properly solved now.

In a new interview, Secretary of State Colin Powell repeated that the U.S. has no plans to attack Syria or Iran. After hearing this Donald Rumsfeld responded, 'Like he'd know.'

Anyone who says that Iran will commit suicide with its nuclear power is a moron and has no business in discussion.

The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons.

When we see a lack of leadership coming from the White House, that's what brings leaders in Turkey to attack Israel the way they do. When we see a lack of leadership coming from the White House, that's why we see the leader of Iran... continuing to build the nuclear reactors.

Iran is part of the problem, not the solution. And the Russian government is ignoring reality.

My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel.

Many agree that the worst thing that could ever happen is if Russia and China get closer.

We probably could more successfully resolve the North Korean nuclear threat through game-theoretic reasoning. We could successfully resolve what American leaders seem to perceive as an Iranian nuclear threat through game-theoretic reasoning.

The reason that Americans have not been able to see the great strategic benefit that could accrue from a closer relationship with Iran is emotion.

The U.S and England are not worthy of security council membership. Those who want good relations with the Iranian people should bow and surrender to its right and might.

We believe US threats of an approaching World War III and their use of Iran's nuclear issue as an excuse is another form of American insanity.

There are two things that are very expensive in international relations: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail

If Russia and the United States approach each other in starkly adversarial terms, the conflict will badly warp the foreign policy of both countries ...

We [Iran and the United States] have a common destiny in this region [The Middle East].