Sanctions Quotes

Do not sanction an absurdity.

— Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis

Our Constitution gives to bigotry no sanction.

— George Washington

Justice is the sanction of established injustice.

— Anatole France

Sanctions are not really an economic weapon.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Sanctions are a bad idea.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

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

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

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

— Barry Goldwater

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

— Ayn Rand

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

— Dev Anand

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

The Chinese are like a tank through a corn field, they just keep mowing through it. Senators want sanctions against countries supporting…

— Stewart Baker

We are not afraid of economic sanctions or military intervention. What we are afraid of is Western universities.

— Ruhollah Khomeini

I have never solicited nor received money from Iraq for our campaign against war and sanctions. I have never seen a barrel…

— George Galloway

[Rex Tillerson] is gonna continue to work on [sanctions lifting]. This is important for him. He was there [in White House] because…

— Maxine Waters

Kenya is risking sanctions from international competition because international organisations think we are not addressing the problem in line with world best…

— Kipchoge Keino

Does John Kerry have to give them [Iran] every little thing? You'll pass some sanctions for human rights and missiles, and I'll…

— Hillary Clinton

Benefit sanctions have been applied in cases where a person has failed to turn up to the jobcentre because they are in…

— Jack Monroe

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

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Last year, the Assembly of the League, as a result of the initiative taken by the Scandinavian nations, further limited and clarified…

— Hjalmar Branting

A fertilizer bomb that kills hundreds in Oklahoma. Fuel-laden civil jets that kill 4000 in New York. A sanctions policy that kills…

— Raj Patel

I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and…

— George Galloway

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

Essentially, Iran was sanctioned because of what had happened at Fordow, its unwillingness to comply with previous U.N. security resolutions about their…

— Barack Obama

When Turkey buys Iranian oil, we pay for it in Turkish lira... However, it is not possible for Iran to take that…

— Ali Babacan

I can actually approve of some of Donald Trump's North Korea policy, the sanctions, for example, doing things that other presidents would…

— Max Boot

Thus to act under the guidance coming from above, this is one side of the sadhana, the dynamic side. The other one…

— Sri Aurobindo

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

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

— Brigham Young

Peace is never long preserved by weight of metal or by an armament race. Peace can be made tranquil and secure only…

— Bernard Baruch

Saudi Arabia is the most fragile of all Arab states, though we're not saying so. And, unfortunately, bin Laden puts his finger…

— Robert Fisk

The United States was the one nullifying any attempt in the Security Council of the United Nations to sanction those fascist governments,…

— Alejandro Castro Espin

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

— Mary Fulbrook

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

I believe it is wrong to give Moscow a rebate on Ukraine sanctions because of Syria.

— Martin Schulz