Adam Ereli Quotes on Politics (8 Quotes)

I'm not going to today give you a full accounting of specific steps we're going to take in reaction to this arrest. We're not there yet. But I think it is important to note that, as I said before, the repression of political dissent does have an impact on the bilateral relationship, and the relationship would be moving forward farther and faster, if there were more political openness, more tolerance of dissent, less restrictions.

Clearly, how they handle this individual case, how they handle more broadly speaking the process of political reform and the process of openness and the commitment to transparency and the rule of law, is of significance to the bilateral relationship.

The government of Iran is engaged in the systematic oppression of its citizens, including the persecution of individuals for religious, political, and other reasons. Members of the country's religious minorities -- including Sunni Muslims, Sufis, Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians -- are frequently imprisoned, harassed, and intimidated based on their religious beliefs.

We've also seen a number of developments over the past couple of weeks during the parliamentary elections that raise serious concerns about the path of political reform in Egypt.

We also call upon the king to hand over power to the political parties and for the political parties to shoulder their responsibility and turn the people's demands for democracy and good governance into reality.

The secretary and Foreign Secretary Straw noted, our message to the Iraqi political leadership is Let's hurry up and form a government because there's a political vacuum that is necessary to seal in order to address the sectarian violence.

The murder of an opposition politician is a serious crime.

We're going to continue to push that agenda. But, obviously, our ability to promote that is going to be influenced by the political realities on the ground.