Political Quotes

The future and the story of the 21st century will be written in this region and by how events unfold here.

We will continue targeting Iran while it threatens international shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, but we remain open to a diplomatic solution.

The United States is always committed to diplomacy. We are open-minded and always willing to engage in negotiated settlements of differences.

If we create a precedent in the Middle East where a nation-state can decide that they are going to control an international waterway and, if you don't pay them, blow up your ships, we have created a very dangerous precedent.