Tom Cotton Quotes

The European Union and its member states continue and will continue, as the nuclear deal is implemented, to have open channels with Iran.

We are convinced that the only way to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue is through negotiations.

The best example of Obama's success in foreign policy is Iran.

We do not want war with Iran.

If necessary, we will have to strengthen sanctions even further, but the goal of sanctions must be to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table.

We have treated our most serious adversaries, such as Iran and North Korea, in the most juvenile manner - by giving them the silent treatment. In so doing, we have weakened, not strengthened, our bargaining position and our leadership.

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

As a liberal and progressive, I abhor the notion of conflict and bloodshed and very much want to find a diplomatic solution to the Iran nuclear issue.

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.

As we speak, Iran has rolled back its nuclear program, shipped out its uranium stockpile, and the world has avoided another war.

Iran is for negotiations…. This is the principle of Iranian Foreign Policy…. Iranians should make sure that the United States is not using pressure on Iran for negotiations.

Sanctions did indeed help to bring Iran to the negotiating table. But sanctions did not stop the advance of Iran's nuclear program. Negotiations have done that, and it is in our interest not to deny ourselves the chance to achieve a long-term, comprehensive solution that would deny Iran a nuclear weapon.

I think what you can see is that we have worked very closely with China. China has really stood up in putting the pressure on North Korea.

America should know that peace with Iran is the mother of all peace, and war with Iran is the mother of all wars.

No American ambassador has produced more Security Council Resolutions on the issue of Iran than John Bolton.

Obviously, having served in wars myself, I'm eager to do everything possible to avoid them, but our military capability vis-a-vis a country like Iran is a major source of leverage in any negotiation that we should never, ever give up.

If you don't want war, then you had better be an advocate for diplomacy with muscle.

It was sanctions that drove Iran to the negotiating table in the first place.

President Trump has always said that he does not want war, that he seeks peace with Iran, peace in the Middle East.

I believe that dialogue is necessary. We were unable to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue through only the sanctions and pressure.

Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

Many Europeans are concerned that stronger sanctions are a slippery slope toward war unless the U.S. is at the table.

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

Number one, that it is smart to communicate and negotiate with your enemy instead of just waging war with bombs and weapons of mass destruction.

Force is not inevitable. Diplomacy is still the desired means. Pressure is an element of the means.