Sanctions Quotes

Sanctions against such country as Russia are unlikely to be effective.

We understand that the Iranian position is very bad because of the well-known sanctions against that country, and it would be unfair to leave it on this sanction level.

The West's sanctions are not aimed at helping Ukraine, but at geo-politically pushing Russia back. They are foolish and are merely harming both sides.

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.

Do not sanction an absurdity.

Sitting in a Court of law, I can receive no evidence but what comes under the sanction of an oath.

American politicians have openly said that the sanctions are aimed at bringing about regime change in Russia. That's aggressive enough.

Sanctions aren't about weapons of mass destruction. People need to understand that.

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.

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

If we were to impose greater sanctions on economic sectors, I think we could have a significant impact on Putin.

We will never regain control of our borders until we have an effective employer sanctions program.

I'm worried about the world because there's chaos in the Middle East, and I think the Iranian deal [to lift sanctions] is going to continue the Shia-Sunni battles, the Persian-Arab battles.

Foreign countries should impose sanctions against Putin's corrupt network.

To discuss evil in a manner implying neutrality, is to sanction it.

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

Now that Iran's actions have been verified, it can begin to receive relief from certain nuclear sanctions and gain access to its own money that had been frozen.

The Iranian people are getting restive because of the challenges that sanctions have posed to their economy.

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

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

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 skepticism about the sanctions. I don't understand it.

America's sanctions policy remains intact, and it will remain intact until it changes, if it does, and I'm not sure it will.

Vladimir Putin wants practical things, like the end of economic sanctions, but he also wants far greater sway in Europe and in the overall ideological trends of the world.

I would have doubled up and tripled up the sanctions [on Iran] and made a good deal.

However, they ignore the fact that the First Amendment is intended to protect only against government sanctions for exercising free speech rights, not private actions.

But a law, however venerable be the sanction, cannot suddenly transform the temper of the times . . .

Absent opens a door to a view of Iraqi life we have seldom seen. With a compassionate eye Khedairi explores a community, damaged by wars and sanctions, struggling for survival.

The U.S. is a Government which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance.

Real morality is possible when the sanctions for morality are also tangible and real.

Does John Kerry have to give them [Iran] every little thing? You'll pass some sanctions for human rights and missiles, and I'll grudgingly sign on.

I just can't understand why we don't go forward and put more sanctions.

These are serious matters, and we can never let up on these sanctions [against Russia].

I wonder about economic sanctions, though, since that is a way that states engage in boycotts against one another.

When we have an effort made at sanctions involving many other nations it has a potential of greater impact on Russia and discouraging Putin.

One's sanctions for truth and goodness are established largely by individual preferences.

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

Each of the various tactics that have been tried to get Israel to budge.. nonviolent resistance, legal accountability, BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions).. has had some measure of success.

Where there is commerce there is peace.