Elliott Abrams Quotes

Make China Strong. Make China String is the only way to ensure that foreign countries will not tart a conflict against us.

The security of the citizens of Israel, the future of the state of Israel, this is the Israeli government's responsibility.

Israel always has to be in a position to defend itself against any adversary and against any threat of any kind.

All the nations that are adjacent to Afghanistan have a vested interest in the future stability and security of Afghanistan.

Diplomacy and defense are not substitutes for one another. Either alone would fail.

The danger of having the military take over intelligence is that the military has a very different perspective on the world.

When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.

In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.

Of course, it's imperative that we stabilize Iraq and quickly reduce our armed role there.

The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority.

We must maintain strong defenses, military and spiritual.

For a good chunk of Israelis, it doesn't matter who is in power when it comes to dealing with the Palestinians. Their focus was more on economic issues.

Abroad, our most important policy is to support our troops and continue forward-thinking foreign policy in the war on terror - keeping our enemies on the run and hitting them before they hit us.

In the last resort nations can only find security in doing what their material interests dictate.

Shall we be defenseless America, a weak and harmless nation, or shall we be defensive America, the fear and dread of all nations?

My job and my task as prime minister of Lebanon is to shield Lebanon from any instability like in Syria or Iraq or any other country that surrounds us. My task is to make sure that we have a country that is stable.

Iran has little capacity to deploy force. Its strategic doctrines are defensive, designed to deter invasion long enough for diplomacy to set it.

Friendly governments do not act so as to undermine the national security of their friends, and do not presume to know better than their friends how they should contend with the many challenges they face. The Swedish government would do well to rethink its intention to act in this way towards its friend Israel.

The surest way to deter adversary aggression is to fully prepare for war.

Israel is a country that reacts vigorously when its citizens are fired upon, which is a good thing.

A weak America poses a threat to the future of Israel.

We can't take our ball and go home when the consequences mean a weaker America.

We are committed to a world in which we keep America safe, but we recognize that our power doesn't just flow from our extraordinary military but also flows from the strength in our ideals and our principles and our values.

I am ready to compromise, but there is one thing I won't compromise on: the safety of the Israeli people.

For the Russians, frankly, it's time that we punched the Russians in the nose. They've gotten away with too much in this world and we need to stand up against them, not just there, but also in Eastern Europe where they threaten some of our most precious allies.