Sanctions Quotes · Page 2

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

We have no desire to continue a sanctions war, trading blows.

— Sergei Lavrov

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.

— Omar Bongo

These are serious matters, and we can never let up on these sanctions [against Russia].

— John Kasich

The U.S. is a Government which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance.

— George Washington

I'm against lifting any sanctions on the Russians.

— Mitch McConnell

EU and US imposing sanctions on Russia, they are calling it a Putiny.

— Desmond Fouche

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

— Ayn Rand

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

— Peter Hain

While Israelis do not care too much about Europeans moral judgments, the E.U. is an important market for them, and European sanctions…

— Elliott Abrams

If the nuclear program is indeed meant only for civil purposes, then it is wrong to impose sanctions.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of…

— Roger Mahony

Religion is faith in an infinite Creator, who delights in and enjoins that rectitude which conscience commands us to seek. This conviction…

— William Ellery Channing

... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.

— George Washington

For Italy, sanctions are never an end; they are an instrument that must be overcome as soon as possible.

— Giuseppe Conte

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

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

— Judith Butler

Businesses always are reluctant to make governmental filings about the purpose and terms of their relationships. That's particularly so when sensitive strategic…

— Eugene Scalia

People talk about smart sanctions and crippling sanctions. I've never seen smart sanctions, and crippling sanctions cripple everyone, including innocent civilians, and…

— Mohamed ElBaradei

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

— Adrienne Rich

But it is important to observe that when Europe or the United Nations impose sanctions that are supposed to be aimed against…

— Omar Bongo

The ladies men admire, I've heard, Would shudder at a wicked word. Their candle gives a single light, They'd rather stay at…

— Dorothy Parker

We are concerned here only with the imposition of capital punishment for the crime of murder, and when a life has been…

— Potter Stewart

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

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

We know that Donald Trump has shown a very troubling willingness to back up [Vladimir] Putin, to support Putin, whether it's saying…

— Hillary Clinton

No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve,…

— Joseph Story

Concerning our possibilities on the international financial markets, the sanctions are severely harming Russia. But the biggest harm is currently caused by…

— Vladimir Putin

We do not wish incorrect and unsound doctrines to be handed down to posterity under the sanction of great names, to be…

— Brigham Young

We live in a free society, and freedom means freedom for everybody. We shouldn't be able to choose and say, 'You get…

— Dick Cheney

The disassociation between inner belief and outer behaviour allowed many people to enjoy a sense of retaining their inner decency while at…

— Mary Fulbrook

America will regret imposing sanctions on Iran... they're already isolated in the world.

— Hassan Rouhani

Logic merely sanctions the conquests of the intuition.

— Jacques Hadamard

Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society.

— Alexander Hamilton

I studied at the Academy during the years of economic sanctions. Life was almost dead because the sanctions imposed on Iraq by…

— Hassan Blasim

Not one single country in the world is dependent for their trade wholly on WTO guidelines - they aren't 'rules,' because the…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

The Iranian people are getting restive because of the challenges that sanctions have posed to their economy.

— Barack Obama

the Bible is used as a means of reinforcing their [women's] subordination to men through divine sanction.

— Letty M. Russell

The West's sanctions are not aimed at helping Ukraine, but at geo-politically pushing Russia back. They are foolish and are merely harming…

— Vladimir Putin