End Quote by Giuseppe Conte

Sanctions work over time. They do work, but it takes years for them to have an effect.

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Sanctions are a sign of irritation; they are not the instrument of serious policies.

— Sergei Lavrov

Though there are some debatable exceptions, sanctions rarely play a significant role in dislodging or constraining the behavior of despicable regimes.

— Jacob Weisberg

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

Sanctions historically are quite counterproductive in the sense that if you impose sanctions on your enemy, it tends to strengthen your enemy.

— Steve Hanke

Sanctions are a bad idea.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

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

— Omar Bongo

Sanctions are not really an economic weapon.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Sanctions are not diplomacy. They are a precursor to war and an embarrassment to a country that pays lip service to free trade.

— Ron Paul

Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

— Elliott Abrams

Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case.

— Helen Clark

The vile blackmail by a band of criminal kidnappers must not be given the dignity of a political response. Italy is and must remain…

— Francesco Rutelli