“America was not founded to improve health care or housing; it was founded for freedom.” Quote by Elliott Abrams
“I grew up in Queens, in New York City, in a middle class Jewish family. My mother was a public school teacher, my father was a lawyer. They were Democrats - kind of middle-of-the-road democrats.” KindSchoolMotherFatherCitiesClassTeacherMiddleNew YorkGrewGrew UpDemocratLawyerQueensMiddle ClassNew York CityPublic SchoolSchool TeachersMiddle Of The RoadJewish Family Author:Elliott Abrams
“It seems clear to me that the Obama Administration has no human rights policy. That is, while in some inchoate sense they would like respect for human rights to grow around the world, as all Americans would, they have no actual policy to achieve that goal - and they subordinate it to all their other policy goals.” WorldHumansSeemsGrowsGoalClearRightsAchievePolicyHuman RightsAround The WorldAdministrationSubordinates Author:Elliott Abrams
“Two presidents pursued human rights policies that were serious and effective, Reagan and George W. Bush. They understood that American support for human rights activists is a moral imperative for us and also makes the world safer for us.” WorldHumansTwoPresidentMoralSupportRightsPolicySeriousUnderstoodHuman RightsActivistImperativesPursued Author:Elliott Abrams
“I have not changed with the accomplishments. I've remained the same. If I had changed, great. You know, but I haven't.” IfsKnowsHavensChangedAccomplishment Author:Renee Fleming
“When you work in the White House you talk to the White House staff all day, so you're talking to the guy who handles the congressional liaison and the guy who's handling domestic politics and the guy who's handling the American economy and so forth.” GuyHouseWhiteTalkingEconomyHandleWhite HouseStaffAmerican EconomyLiaison Author:Elliott Abrams
“We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud.” SeemsArcane Author:Emanuel Ax
“Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end.” EndsCertainWaitingSuccessfulPiecesSectionsVariation Author:Emanuel Ax
“If there were no rules about when to applaud, we in the audience would have the right response almost always.” IfsAudienceResponse Author:Emanuel Ax
“This is like the telephone problem - no one wants to have the first one. But we are seeing a lot of people who want some sort of technology to solve the spam problem.” PeopleWantFirstsProblemTechnologySeeingSolveTelephonesSpam Author:Eric Allman
“Ironically, tendency to ignore inconvenient facts and unwelcome evidence is actually President Reagan's true legacy, as I noted in 'The Nation' back in 2000, before the current right-wing mania for President Reagan gained its full force.” FactsForceNationsPresidentEvidenceWingsCurrentsTendenciesLegacyRight WingInconvenientManiaUnwelcomePresident Reagan Author:Eric Alterman