Sanctions Quotes

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As compacts, charters of government are superior in obligation to all others, because they give effect to all others. As truths, none can be more… — James Madison
The aspects of patriotism that hush dissent, encourage going along, and sanction comfortable distancing and compliance with what is indecent and unacceptable... those aspects are… — Bernardine Dohrn
Violence has no constitutional sanction; and every government from the beginning has moved against it. But where grievances pile high and most of the elected… — William O. Douglas
When my father finally got around to teaching me to drive, he was impressed at my "natural" talent for driving, not knowing that I had… — Robert Fulghum
The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice. — Omar Bongo
The faults of a writer of acknowledged excellence are more dangerous, because the influence of his example is more extensive; and the interest of learning… — Samuel Johnson
In his recent book, When Brute Force Fails, UCLA's Kleiman argues that new strategies for targeting repeat offenders--including reforms to make probation an effective sanction… — David Von Drehle
When it comes to preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, I will take no options off the table. ... That includes all elements of… — Barack Obama
After using the 'good offices' of UN diplomacy (economic sanctions and weapons inspections) to ensure that Iraq was brought to its knees, its people starved,… — Arundhati Roy
A fertilizer bomb that kills hundreds in Oklahoma. Fuel-laden civil jets that kill 4000 in New York. A sanctions policy that kills one and a… — Raj Patel
The First and Fourteenth Amendments say that Congress and the States shall make "no law" which abridges freedom of speech or of the press. In… — William O. Douglas
Young persons, because of their immaturity, may not fully comprehend the consequences of their actions and should therefore benefit from less severe sanctions than adults.… — Mary Robinson
I support strong sanctions and other penalties against those who aid violent extremists, brutalize their own people and have time and time again rejected calls… — Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and international sanction out of all proportion to any… — Thomas Friedman
I do not enter discussions with neighbors who think they can forbid me to think. I do not place my moral sanction upon a murderer's… — John Galt
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. — Jean Cocteau
I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments. — Roger Mahony
Sanctions aren't about weapons of mass destruction. People need to understand that. — Scott Ritter
My father was a Catholic, but my mother wasn't. She had to do that weird deal you do as a Catholic - they deign to… — Jared Harris
It was natural and perhaps human that the privileged princes of these new economic dynasties, thirsting for power, reached out for control over government itself.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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