Sanctions Quotes - Page 7

• General [James] Mattis has said that the deal's in place. We can't unilaterally pull out of it without support from our allies because the sanctions wouldn't bite as deeply. And so he'll find other ways to push back against Iran in the various conflicts that Iran is fomenting around the [Iran] region.

  Peter R. Mansoor

  Iran, Support, Allies

  Source: www.npr.org

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• I trust Angela Merkel, she is a very open person. She is also subject to certain constraints and limitations. But she is honestly trying to settle the crisis, also in the south-east of Ukraine. However, what the European Union is doing with those sanctions is nothing but a theatre of the absurd.

  Vladimir Putin

  Ukraine, Theatre, Trying

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• [Iranians] are destabilizing governments in the region. They continue to support Hezbollah and Hamas in Lebanon against Israel. A lot of work that we have do is going to be incredibly hard. I'm prepared to do that work, but I believe, just as I did with imposing the sanctions, you have to get action for action.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Government, Israel

  Source: www.washingtonpost.com

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• I think wherever we can cooperate with Russia, that's fine. And I did as secretary of state. That's how we got a treaty reducing nuclear weapons. It's how we got the sanctions on Iran that put a lid on the Iranian nuclear program without firing a single shot.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Russia, Iran

  "Transcript of the Second Debate". www.nytimes.com. October 10, 2016.

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• The United States is imposing sanctions on individuals and companies working to advance Iran's ballistic missile program, and we are going to remain vigilant about it. We're not going to waver in the defense of our security or that of our allies and partners.

  Barack Obama

  Iran, Allies, United States

  "President Obama Gives Statement About U.S.-Iran Deals This Weekend". "Weekend Edition Sunday", www.npr.org. January 17, 2016.

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• There is a point where litigious becomes frivolous. And when you file frivolous lawsuits you can be hit by sanctions. I don't see the basis for suing "The New York Times." Ironically, it was "The New York Times" that was the plaintiff in "The New York Times" versus Sullivan.

  Megyn Kelly

  New York, Suing, Bases

  Source: www.realclearpolitics.com

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• We still have sanctions on Iran for its violations of human rights, for its support of terrorism and for its ballistic missile program. And we will continue to enforce these sanctions vigorously. Iran's recent missile test, for example, was a violation of its international obligations.

  Barack Obama

  Rights, Iran, Support

  "President Obama Gives Statement About U.S.-Iran Deals This Weekend". "Weekend Edition Sunday", www.npr.org. January 17, 2016.

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• 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.

  Barack Obama

  Iran, Relief, Nuclear

  "President Obama Gives Statement About U.S.-Iran Deals This Weekend". "Weekend Edition Sunday", www.npr.org. January 17, 2016.

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

  John Kasich

  Russia, Matter, Serious

  Source: uk.businessinsider.com

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• Frankly, we should publicly increase them [ anti-Russian sanctions ].

  John Kasich

  Increase, Should

  Source: uk.businessinsider.com

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

  Barack Obama

  People, Challenges, Economy

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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

  Alexei Navalny

  Country, Putin, Should

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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• I thought it was important to speak about what I believe would be the right response to Russian aggression in Ukraine. I'm pleased to hear there is more sanctions maybe coming tomorrow. But the truth of the matter is I think we need less talk and more deeds.

  Mike Pence

  Believe, Thinking, Ukraine

  "Reaction to Supreme Court ruling on Michigan's ban on race-based college admissions; Gov. Pence talks gun control, Ukraine, political future". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 27, 2014.

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• When we want to let go of a situation no matter what it is we must be able to "bless" it. When you bless something you sanction it giving it your approval and endorsement freeing it to go forward with your cooperation and support.

  Sue Augustine

  Letting Go, Giving, Support

  Sue Augustine (2005). “When Your Past Is Hurting Your Present: Getting Beyond Fears That Hold You Back”, p.64, Harvest House Publishers

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• Kenya is risking sanctions from international competition because international organisations think we are not addressing the problem in line with world best practice.

  Kipchoge Keino

  Thinking, Best Practices, Competition

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• The overwhelming majority of our nation - intellectuals, academics, theologians, the greats, and the leadership - are in favor of getting the sanctions removed.

  Hassan Rouhani

  Leadership, Majority, Favors

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• It will be very important for us to continue to keep up the necessary pressure, the necessary vigilance, for there to be peace in Ukraine, our trust in the goodwill of President (Vladimir) Putin is limited. It is why we have to maintain our decision about sanctions.

  Francois Hollande

  Peace, Ukraine, Decision

  "EU President Donald Tusk urges caution over Ukraine peace deal, cease-fire key test", www.foxnews.com. February 12, 2015.

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• You create a work of art. You do not know whether it will get public sanction. Sometimes outstanding films do no business, and sometimes films which are not so good work.

  Dev Anand

  Art, Sometimes, Film

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• [D]rawing up 'secret war plans' for a possible attack on Iraq wasn't irrational. The low-level war against Saddam was 12 years old, with no end in sight. American and British pilots were getting shot at, sanctions weren't working, and Bush was getting warnings that Saddam had all those terrible weapons and would use them against America. Bush would have been a fool not to draw up plans. Gee, wait till the critics find out that FDR, without ever informing the media, was plotting to fight Japan and Germany before Pearl Harbor.

  John Leo

  War, Fighting, Japan

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• At the heart of the First Amendment is the recognition of the fundamental importance of the free flow of ideas and opinions on matters of public interest and concern. The freedom to speak one's mind is not only an aspect of individual liberty - and thus a good unto itself - but also is essential to the common quest for truth and the vitality of society as a whole. We have therefore been particularly vigilant to ensure that individual expressions of ideas remain free from governmentally imposed sanctions.

  William Rehnquist

  Heart, Expression, Ideas

  "Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46". The U.S. Supreme Court case, www.law.cornell.edu. February 24, 1988.

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• Do not sanction an absurdity.

  Stephanie Felicite, comtesse de Genlis

  Absurdity

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• I would have never released the sanctions [for Iran] before there was consistent evidence of compliance.

  Rand Paul

  Iran, Consistent, Evidence

  Source: www.cbsnews.com

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• I'm no saint, but there are times when I simply cannot sanction freedom from responsibility.

  Jim Steranko

  Responsibility, Saint

  "Jim Steranko talks comics, his new book and coming to Tampa". Interview with Brandon Jones, www.theglobaldispatch.com. February 29, 2012.

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• Under the current U.S. policy, because of this power struggle, American oil companies can't do business with Iran. So I think the ultimate goal of the U.S. administration in Iran is regime change, to put into power a pro-Western government that will eliminate the strategic challenge to U.S. interests and, at the same time, allow the lifting of sanctions and allowing American oil companies to do business with Iran.

  Michael Klare

  Struggle, Thinking, Government

  "The Permanent Energy Crisis". Interview with Julian Brookes, www.motherjones.com. June 19, 2006.

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• The moment that the state came into conflict with the higher power, the moment that it set itself up as an end in itself, it became identified with Augustine's earthly city and lost all claims to a higher sanction than the law of force and self-interest. Without justice, what is a great kingdom but a great robbery, magnum latrocinium?

  Christopher Dawson

  Self, Law, Cities

  Christopher Dawson (1932). “The Making of Europe: An Introduction to the History of European Unity”, p.174, CUA Press

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