America Quote by 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

Policy is largely set by economic elites and organized groups representing business interests with little concern for public attitudes or public safety, as long…

— Noam Chomsky

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

— Jacob Weisberg

As the acceptance of democracy brings a certain life-giving power, so it has its own sanctions and comforts. Perhaps the most obvious one is…

— Jane Addams

One of the world’s great religions — which has more than 1.4 billion adherents — somehow sanctions genocide, planned genocide, as part of its religious doctrine.

— Steven Emerson

We [ with Brian Mulroney and Rajiv Gandhi] went to the meeting in Canada [the 1987 Vancouver CHOGM] and I said to them there…

— Bob Hawke

Any country that grants asylum to Snowden risks retaliation from the United States, including diplomatic isolation and costly trade sanctions. Several don't seem to…

— Stephen Kinzer

The exploitation agenda advocated by liberals is modeled after the dependency-inducing design of the drug dealer's business model: "We'll supply the first hit for…

— Angela McGlowan

Sanctions alone could not stop Iran's nuclear program. But they did help bring Iran to the negotiating table.

— Barack Obama

It is our duty to give support to the brother leader ... especially in regards to the sanctions which are not hitting just him,…

— Nelson Mandela

The sanctions may be imposed only by the decision of the UN Security Council. A unilateral imposition of sanctions is a violation of international…

— Vladimir Putin

... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.

— George Washington