Contribution Quote by Roger Scruton

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

— Steve Hanke

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

— Jacob Weisberg

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

— Elliott Abrams

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.

— Omar Bongo

America's sanctions policy is largely consistent and, in a certain sense, admirable. By applying economic restraints, we label the most oppressive and dangerous governments…

— Jacob Weisberg

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

— Toomas Hendrik Ilves

Sanctions are not really an economic weapon.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Sanctions are a bad idea.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children.

— Brian May

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

— Sergei Lavrov

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

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