Sanctions Quotes · Page 4

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

— Vladimir Putin

Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have…

— Barack Obama

Economists believe there are three reasons why the Russian economy is doing so poorly. One, economic sanctions are working. Number two, low-price…

— David Letterman

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

— Scott Ritter

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

Sanctions are a bad idea.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

The bad news is that Iran wants to talk about everything except their nuclear program. They want to talk about regional cooperation,…

— Reza Aslan

I'm worried about the world because there's chaos in the Middle East, and I think the Iranian deal [to lift sanctions] is…

— Michael Bloomberg

So, I think that for the authorities to say now that calling for sanctions will prevent dialogue is a ploy to stop…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Every age must look for its sanction to its poetry and philosophy, for in these the human mind, as it looks backward…

— James Joyce

My guess is that Trump will begin withdrawing troops from Europe at a slow pace. He will demand a renovation of the…

— Lawrence Davidson

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

At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas and opinions…

— William Rehnquist

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

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

This surface good-nature which captivates a new acquaintance and is no bar to treachery, which knows no scruple and is never at…

— Honore de Balzac

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

— Mohamed ElBaradei

You create a work of art. You do not know whether it will get public sanction. Sometimes outstanding films do no business,…

— Dev Anand

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked

— Ralph Nader

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 thought it was important to speak about what I believe would be the right response to Russian aggression in Ukraine. I'm…

— Mike Pence

Today further EU targeted sanctions on Syria come into force. The message is clear and unambiguous: those responsible for the repression will…

— William Hague

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

— Ayn Rand

The sticks break, the stones crumble, The eternal altars tilt and tumble, Sanctions and tales dislimn like mist About the amazed evangelist.…

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

The Scriptures have been misused to defend bloody crusades and inquisitions; to support slavery, apartheid, and segregation; to sanction the physical and…

— Mel White