China Quote by Vladimir Putin

Sanctions have nothing to do with this [relations with the People's Republic of China]. The decline in our mutual trade has objective causes, which…

— Vladimir Putin

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

— Li Zhaoxing

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

Of other countries, to impose economic sanctions, it'd really begin to dry up the enormous amount of money coming into North Korea, a lot…

— Richard Lugar

It's incredible. Look, imagine had we let the Republican Congress work out the sanctions. You think there's any possibility the entire world would have…

— Joe Biden

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

If necessary, we will have to strengthen sanctions even further, but the goal of sanctions must be to bring North Korea back to the…

— Moon Jae-in

We repeal sanctions, it tells Russia, go ahead and interfere in our elections and do bad things; it tells China, it tells Iran. That…

— Charles Schumer

Sanctions are a strong and agreed element of the West's response to Russia's aggression. It is puzzling to me that there is so much…

— Daniel Fried

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

We still have sanctions on Iran for its violations of human rights, for its support of terrorism and for its ballistic missile program. And…

— Barack Obama

America's ability to levy effective sanctions creates deterrence, saving us money by avoiding conflict, and it is the dollar's preeminent status that makes American…

— Scott Bessent