Best quotes by Elliott Abrams on Freedom
Checkout quotes by Elliott Abrams on Freedom
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‟ 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.
- Elliott Abrams
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‟ At Guantanamo Bay, we could create a West Berlin, a free small city within the Communist nation that could trade freely with the U.S. and elect its own officials.
- Elliott Abrams
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‟ Sometimes the results of a first free election will find the moderates so poorly organized that extreme groups can eke out a victory, as Hamas did when it gained a 44-to-41 percent margin in the Palestinian election of 2006.
- Elliott Abrams
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‟ While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics and free market economics, the Andean countries are in disarray.
- Elliott Abrams
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‟ America was not founded to improve health care or housing; it was founded for freedom.
- Elliott Abrams
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‟ We need to understand that an open society and free speech and press... really are the best weapons against al Qaeda and extremism.
- Elliott Abrams
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‟ The raids on Freedom House, the National Democratic Institute and International Republican Institute, the Adenauer Foundation, and other groups helping Egyptians move toward respect for democratic politics and human rights were of a piece with the practices of Hosni Mubarak - only bolder and more repressive.
- Elliott Abrams