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Elliott Abrams Quotes

American - Lawyer | January 24, 1948 -

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

People New Say New People Matter Up

In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Iran's theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules.

Freedom Religion Free Speech Rules

In Jordan, where the prime minister is always a commoner, the king has announced some new reforms that would tend to move the country toward a more democratic system: Notably, the prime minister would emerge from the victorious political party, not from back room conversations in the royal palace.

King Political Back Party Country

There's always Tunisia. Amid the smoking ruins of the Middle East, there is that one encouraging success story.

Success Story Smoking Always Middle

The notion that public service requires men and women of good character now seems quaint.

Good Women Character Service Men

The war on drugs is not being won, and it continues to threaten stability and democracy not only in the Andes but throughout the Caribbean as well, where tiny police and military forces are outclassed by the sophisticated equipment in the hands of traffickers passing through the region on the way to their market in this country.

Police War Democracy Hands Country

There isn't any way for the people of Nicaragua to find out what's going on in Nicaragua.

People Find Way Out Going Nicaragua

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

Free Matter Fair Open Elections How

Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.

Poverty Banana Original Republic

The mishandling of the would-be airplane bomber Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab's visa is only the latest piece of evidence that the granting of visas should be taken away from the State Department. For the granting of visas - especially today, when terrorism is such a complex threat - is far closer to being a law-enforcement function.

Today Airplane Terrorism Evidence

Egypt needs law and order in Sinai to save the tourist industry in Sharm el-Sheik and prevent the area from becoming a base for terrorists that will target Egypt itself, as well as Jordan and Israel.

Law Target Egypt Will Industry Well

Nineteen-seventy-nine had been a year of American setbacks around the globe. Before the year began, Cuban troops were already roaming Angola, and a pro-Communist regime ruled Ethiopia.

American Year Setbacks Ethiopia Been

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