I never said I had no idea about most of the things you said I said I had no idea about.

- Elliott Abrams

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.

- Elliott Abrams

While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics and free market ec…

- Elliott Abrams

I want to be the first guy to reverse a communist revolution.

- Elliott Abrams

The way for the Palestinians to get a state is to go ahead and build it.

- Elliott Abrams

Pundits are used to analyzing the gap between what our ideals suggest and what our security interests require.

- Elliott Abrams

At the United Nations, a lynch mob for Israel is always just a moment away.

- Elliott Abrams

First impressions matter. Experts say we size up new people in somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes.

- Elliott Abrams

While all Alawites fear vengeance against their entire community should Assad fall, there are varying degrees of loyalty to the Assads.

- Elliott Abrams