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I do not deal with threats and ultimatums.

I have never made a threat. I've never made a threat, never expressed a threat, never - I've never - I would never threaten violence ever, because I am a man of peace, dedicated to peace.

When you have real power you don't threaten. People know what your capabilities are.

Don't make a threat and then not do it.

You don't need a foreign policy expert to tell you empty threats and hollow promises don't work. Ask any parent of a rebellious teenager. If you don't make good on the threats, you're asking for worse behavior next time.

Unilateral preemption should not in any way be the model for how we conduct international relations.

You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.

The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government.

I never threatened him and no Syrian intelligence officer has ever pointed a gun to his head.

We shall never be able to remove suspicion and fear as potential causes of war until communication is permitted to flow, free and open, across international boundaries.