Elliott Abrams Quotes

China and the U.S. have a very symbiotic relationship which will not decline any time soon. There are more shared interests as compared to shared differences and for this reason relations will continue to be good.

We think that something has to be done against the United States…. When you do something to the United States they are going to retaliate. But the United States is not as powerful as it's made out to be.

Imposing economic sanctions is declaring economic warfare on the people of South Africa.

Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation, hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.

A U.K. vote to exit the European Union could have significant economic repercussions.

If you look at it ideologically, I would say Brexit is not something that probably is good for the world.

The sanctions which the West introduced against Russia seriously affect us.

The European Union will never see America, or an American president, as a risk.

We will always be committed to promoting as close a relationship with the E.U. as possible.

The overwhelming majority of our nation - intellectuals, academics, theologians, the greats, and the leadership - are in favor of getting the sanctions removed.

It is not in Poland's interest that the U.K. leaves the European Union. We think it would lead to a big crisis and even a collapse if the U.K. left.

Belarus cannot be isolated.

I don't think the U.K. should leave the E.U. I think it would be a disaster for our economy, and it would lead to a decade of economic and political uncertainty at a time when the tectonic plates of global success are moving.

Whoever thinks... that the European economy can be competitive without economic cooperation with Russia, whoever thinks that energy security can exist in Europe without the energy that comes from Russia, is chasing ghosts.

We are convinced that locking Russia out of Europe is not rational.

If the EU and the US pressured Israel for change and forced the end of the blockade, we might get somewhere. That pressure should also come culturally, with from without and within.

One of the principles of the Trump administration is that we will never sacrifice our economy on the altar of foreign policy.

Look what we did with Cuba. You isolate a country, and all you do is impoverish that country.

I personally don't believe that Russia and China are on Maduro's side - they are simply protecting their investments here in Venezuela.

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

The effect of sanctions on the Russian economy are clear to everybody, first to the Russians and to the Russian leadership, and the surroundings of the Russian leadership, the circle that is close to the Russian political leadership.

The U.K. matters with or without being a member of the E.U.

The India-China relationship is an important relationship for both of our countries.

The economic sanctions against Russia are madness, directed against a neighboring and friendly market.

We value our relationship with U.S.A. and are engaged with them at various levels.