#sanctions

Sanctions make a substantial contribution to power based on privation, and they have never hurt a single despot in the whole history of their use. ↗

— Roger Scruton

#international-sanctions #iraq #iraq-sanctions #kim-jong-il #north-korea

Today further EU targeted sanctions on Syria come into force. The message is clear and unambiguous: those responsible for the repression will be singled out and held accountable. ↗

— William Hague

#clear #come #eu #force #further

In 1995, sanctions led Sudan to cut its ties with terrorists and expel Osama bin Laden. ↗

— Tom Allen

#cut #expel #laden #led #sanctions

I am an opponent of Saddam Hussein, but an opponent also, of the sanctions that have killed a million Iraqi children and an opponent of the United States' apparent desire to plunge the Middle East into a new and devastating war. ↗

— George Galloway

#am #apparent #children #desire #devastating

I have never solicited nor received money from Iraq for our campaign against war and sanctions. I have never seen a barrel of oil, never owned one, never bought one, never sold one. ↗

— George Galloway

#barrel #bought #campaign #i #iraq

Many Europeans are concerned that stronger sanctions are a slippery slope toward war unless the U.S. is at the table. ↗

— Dennis Ross

#europeans #many #sanctions #slippery #slippery slope

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

— Scott Ritter

#destruction #mass #need #people #sanctions

Sanctions are not really an economic weapon. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

#really #sanctions #weapon

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue. ↗

— Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

#political #sanctions #serious #tied #would

Actually criminal sanctions that are given could be up to five years for violating the rules and regulations under the campaign finance reform. This is like the Alien and Sedition Act of years and years ago, decades ago. ↗

— Jay Alan Sekulow

#actually #ago #alien #campaign #campaign finance