Sanctions Quotes · Page 2

Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Sanctions against such country as Russia are unlikely to be effective.

— Vladimir Putin

The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.

— Anonymous

We will protect our constitutional right to boycott, divest, and sanctions in this country.

— Linda Sarsour

Tears could not be equal, if I wept diamonds from the skies. Jenks (Black Magic Sanction)

— Kim Harrison

People don't get angry about the half a million dead Iraqis from the sanctions.

— Alex Jones

Iranians have suffered economically under the U.S.-led sanctions.

— Bob Beckel

It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.

— Barry Goldwater

The International Atomic Energy Agency is controlling this, the sanctions against Iran are lifted - but still the US are working on…

— Vladimir Putin

Trump has actually been tougher on Ukraine than President Obama was. The first thing he did was put sanctions on Russia as…

— Abby Huntsman

I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people…

— Peter Hain

If we believe in our current penal process, then the penalties imposed by judges and juries should be the only sanctions for…

— Anonymous

I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.

— Ayn Rand

Unfortunately, history suggests that dictatorial regimes can withstand years, even decades, of economic sanctions.

— Max Boot

We declare that one who uses the God-given body of another without divine sanction abuses the very soul of that individual, abuses…

— Jeffrey R. Holland

Far from being disturbed by the presence of the church, the power structure of the average community is consoled by the church's…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

One does not give birth in a void, but rather in a cultural and political context. Laws, professional codes, religious sanctions, and…

— Adrienne Rich

The diversion of baiting an author has the sanction of all ages and nations, and is more lawful than the sport of…

— Samuel Johnson

In fact, soon after that [South African sanctions], I was going on an official visit to the UK and Margaret Thatcher instructed…

— Bob Hawke

I refused this evening at Oxford University to debate with an Israeli, a supporter of the apartheid state of Israel. The reason…

— George Galloway

I trust Angela Merkel, she is a very open person. She is also subject to certain constraints and limitations. But she is…

— Vladimir Putin

It will be very important for us to continue to keep up the necessary pressure, the necessary vigilance, for there to be…

— Francois Hollande

We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws. It is wrong and ultimately self-defeating for a…

— William J. Clinton

In Pakistan lies our deliverance, defence and honour...In our solidarity, unity and discipline lie the strength, power and sanction behind us to…

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Way down deep the American people are afraid of an entangling relationship between formal religions - or whole bodies of religious belief…

— Mario Cuomo

When my father finally got around to teaching me to drive, he was impressed at my "natural" talent for driving, not knowing…

— Robert Fulghum

What [Barack Obama] and I did was to say clearly what we're doing, all the bluster, all of the sanctions, that are…

— Hillary Clinton

In the Islamic world, the U.S. is seen in two quite different ways. One view recognizes what an extraordinary country the U.S.…

— Edward Said

The sanction of force stands behind the medley of personal orders and regulations of Martial Law. The sanction of the people's consent…

— Zulfikar Ali Bhutto

If Donald Trump dismantles the agreement [the "Iran nuclear deal"] won by President Barack Obama with President Hassan Rouhani and the Iranian…

— Louis Farrakhan

Thus the law of nature stands as an eternal rule to all men, legislators as well as others. The rules that they…

— John Locke

In 2009, pre-Hillary, ISIS was not even on the map, Libya was stable, Egypt was peaceful, Iraq was seeing really a big,…

— Donald Trump

To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it.

— Ayn Rand

China always urges that no use or threat of sanctions should be allowed in international relations.

— Li Zhaoxing

I'm no saint, but there are times when I simply cannot sanction freedom from responsibility.

— Jim Steranko

Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children.

— Brian May

Sanctions aren't about weapons of mass destruction. People need to understand that.

— Scott Ritter

Real morality is possible when the sanctions for morality are also tangible and real.

— Goparaju Ramachandra Rao

Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.

— Jean Cocteau

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

— Aung San Suu Kyi