Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue. — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Sanctions on Pakistan have been part of the troubled U.S.-Pakistan relationship in the past and should not be considered as an option… — Peter Bergen Copy Share Image
Unilateral sanctions on Cuba have been oppressive and largely ineffective, and that's why the public largely supports lifting them. — Ben Domenech Copy Share Image
The only thing about sanctions is that, like a lot of drone strikes, there are countless unintended victims. Cutting off aid to… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The government in which I believe is that which is based on mere moral sanction...the real law lives in the kindness of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
In any case, it is better to have some deal than no deal, but it's interesting that Obama picked the day of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic -… — Jared Harris Copy Share Image
I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of… — Roger Mahony Copy Share Image
If the nuclear program is indeed meant only for civil purposes, then it is wrong to impose sanctions. — Recep Tayyip Erdogan Copy Share Image
I did put together the coalition to impose sanctions. I actually started the negotiations that led to the nuclear agreement, sending some… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act. Even the sanction of political… — Carl Menger Copy Share Image
In 1963, the U.N. Security Council declared a voluntary arms embargo on South Africa. That was extended to a mandatory embargo in… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The Americans made the decision out of principle to buy Russian equipment for us because our pilots and mechanics were trained on… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
[Donald] Trump's incoming national security adviser, Michael Flynn, spoke on the phone with Russia's ambassador the same day President Obama expelled 35… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I'm not saying anyone should go to nuclear war with Russia. What we should do is contain them and show them that… — Bill Browder Copy Share Image
You look at the Middle East, you started the Iran deal, that's another beauty where you have a country that was ready… — Lester Holt Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
[T]he bill exceeds the rightful authority to which governments are limited by the essential distinction between civil and religious functions, and violates… — James Madison Copy Share Image
After using the 'good offices' of UN diplomacy (economic sanctions and weapons inspections) to ensure that Iraq was brought to its knees,… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
Everything we've done has been designed to make sure that we address that number one priority. That's what the sanctions regime was… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The human psyche has two great sicknesses: the urge to carry vendetta across generations, and the tendency to fasten group labels on… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
I rang my friend Jim Wolfensohn, who was then running a private commercial bank in New York. I said, "Come up to… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
...the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves… — Richard Furman Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Saddam Hussein could have provided irreplaceable help to future historians of the Iran/Iraq war, of the invasion of Kuwait, and of the… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
For Italy, sanctions are never an end; they are an instrument that must be overcome as soon as possible. — Giuseppe Conte Copy Share Image
I support strong sanctions and other penalties against those who aid violent extremists, brutalize their own people and have time and time… — Ileana Ros-Lehtinen Copy Share Image
... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance. — George Washington Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese - that meant that they weren't very effective. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
For many decades, Myanmar was on the receiving end of very public diplomatic scoldings, often backed up by sanctions. — Najib Razak Copy Share Image
Though there are some debatable exceptions, sanctions rarely play a significant role in dislodging or constraining the behavior of despicable regimes. — Jacob Weisberg Copy Share Image
If bad actors are given sanctions waivers, we should have the ability to investigate why and make sure the process is as… — Jake Auchincloss Copy Share Image
The number of people killed by the sanctions in Iraq is greater than the total number of people killed by all weapons… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
“The most rewarding aspect of sanctions is that they foster self-reliance and uphold genuine independence from external influence.” — Eduvie Donald Copy Share Image
The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice. — Omar Bongo Copy Share Image
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