Sanctions Quotes

Sanctions are a bad idea.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Beijing would indeed consider vetoing any American effort to sanction Iran at the Security Council.

— Li Zhaoxing

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked

— Ralph Nader

Frankly, we should publicly increase them [ anti-Russian sanctions ].

— John Kasich

For now we must continue to strengthen our sanctions and pressure on North Korea.

— Moon Jae-in

Sanctions work over time. They do work, but it takes years for them to have an effect.

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Where the great force lies, there must be the sanction of peace.

— Woodrow Wilson

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

— Anonymous

Sitting in a Court of law, I can receive no evidence but what comes under the sanction of an oath.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

The number of people killed by the sanctions in Iraq is greater than the total number of people killed by all weapons…

— Noam Chomsky

The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.

— Omar Bongo

If bad actors are given sanctions waivers, we should have the ability to investigate why and make sure the process is as…

— Jake Auchincloss

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

— Max Boot

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

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

Sanctions historically are quite counterproductive in the sense that if you impose sanctions on your enemy, it tends to strengthen your enemy.

— Steve Hanke

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

— Vladimir Putin

We cannot sanction the view that the Constitution, while solicitous of the cognitive content of individual speech, has little or no regard…

— John Marshall Harlan II

The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic missile program, and we are going to…

— Barack Obama

The inaction of the international community towards Guatemala is injustifiable. The community should play an active role with concrete measures and sanctions…

— Rigoberta Menchu

The First and Fourteenth Amendments say that Congress and the States shall make "no law" which abridges freedom of speech or of…

— William O. Douglas

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

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

— George Galloway

Only if we accept the proposition that the state of Israel is the exclusive and legitimate representative of the Jewish people would…

— Judith Butler

...the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves…

— Richard Furman

I rang my friend Jim Wolfensohn, who was then running a private commercial bank in New York. I said, "Come up to…

— Bob Hawke

After using the 'good offices' of UN diplomacy (economic sanctions and weapons inspections) to ensure that Iraq was brought to its knees,…

— Arundhati Roy

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

In dealing with those nations that break rules and laws, I believe that we must develop alternatives to violence that are tough…

— Barack Obama

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

— Louis Farrakhan

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

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

— Linda Sarsour

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

— Bob Beckel

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

— Ayn Rand

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

— Scott Ritter

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

— Jim Steranko

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

The sanctions will not kill us. It's apartheid that's killing us.

— Oliver Tambo