Community Quote by James Clapper

Sanctions are a bad idea.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

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

— Steve Hanke

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

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

Military action is never the first thing that you jump to. You always look at other possibilities, including economic sanctions, tightening the screws.

— Benjamin Carson

China always urges that no use or threat of sanctions should be allowed in international relations.

— Li Zhaoxing

Opponents of U.S. sanctions have made 'unilateral sanctions' their special target. They argue that sanctions observed by many nations would be much more effective.…

— Elliott Abrams

At the U.N., I routinely encounter countries that do not want to impose sanctions or even to enforce those already on the books. The…

— Samantha Power

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

— Sergei Lavrov

Sanctions kept us on our toes, it made us realize that we were drifting into a situation of growing isolation so I wouldn't go…

— Frederik Willem de Klerk

Everything we've done has been designed to make sure that we address that number one priority. That's what the sanctions regime was all about.…

— Barack Obama

If the nuclear program is indeed meant only for civil purposes, then it is wrong to impose sanctions.

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan