Sanctions Quotes · Page 15

I can say with absolute confidence that the general public of Burma would be very little affected, if at all, by sanctions.…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

In a certain way, my work had set me up to be against lots of things. If there wasn't some sort of…

— Julian Schnabel

Those who had alleged that a million civilians were dying from sanctions were willing, nay eager, to keep those same murderous sanctions…

— Christopher Hitchens

The overwhelming majority of our nation - intellectuals, academics, theologians, the greats, and the leadership - are in favor of getting the…

— Hassan Rouhani

The sanctions and travel restrictions would have to be far more comprehensive to be truly painful for [Vladimir] Putin and his inner…

— Garry Kasparov

Love, and love as deeply as possible. And if love itself becomes the marriage, that is another thing, altogether different. If love…

— Rajneesh

The United States already has in place comprehensive trade sanctions against Sudan, imposed because of the regime's support for terrorism. While we…

— Elliott Abrams

Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act. Even the sanction of political…

— Carl Menger

Sanctions and negotiations can be very ineffective, and indeed foolish, unless the people you are talking with and negotiating with and trying…

— Caspar Weinberger

We need to get good processes in place, we need to use them, and then we need to impose good sanctions that…

— Michele Landis Dauber

I really am tired of all the Clinton Democrats running around getting all-sanctimonious over Iraq. It was them who killed 1.5 to…

— Scott Ritter

If these precedents are to stand unimpeached, and to provide sanctions for the continued conduct of America affairs-the Constitution may be nullified…

— Charles A. Beard

We don't take a macro view... We'd look at every company to figure out if trade sanctions are helpful or hurtful.

— Robert Pozen

America's sanctions policy remains intact, and it will remain intact until it changes, if it does, and I'm not sure it will.

— Daniel Fried

I think Hillary Clinton is more suspicious, clearly tougher on Russian policy in Ukraine, Georgia, Syria; more willing to support sanctions; not…

— Richard N. Haass

As for us, we were never concerned with the Kantian-priestly and vegetarian-Quaker prattle about the "sacredness of human life." We were revolutionaries…

— Leon Trotsky

I wonder about economic sanctions, though, since that is a way that states engage in boycotts against one another.

— Judith Butler

Some Western politicians are already threatening us with not just sanctions, but also the prospect of increasingly serious problems on the domestic…

— Vladimir Putin

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

[Rex] Tillerson is there to get these sanctions [against Russia] lifted. I believe it. Just watch him!

— Maxine Waters

Opponents of U.S. sanctions have made 'unilateral sanctions' their special target. They argue that sanctions observed by many nations would be much…

— Elliott Abrams

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

— Kim Harrison

I did put together the coalition to impose sanctions. I actually started the negotiations that led to the nuclear agreement, sending some…

— Hillary Clinton

The serious crimes by the Sudanese government and the government-supported militias must be met with serious consequences. We must work for tough…

— Allyson Schwartz

I would have doubled up and tripled up the sanctions [on Iran] and made a good deal.

— Donald Trump