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We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans.

We are not afraid of economic sanctions or military intervention. What we are afraid of is Western universities.

I strongly support European sanctions against Mugabe and his ruling clique. We must do all in our power to help the people of Zimbabwe achieve their freedom and prosperity once again.

Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

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

One of President Obama's winning points last night was about how sanctions against Iran are crippling their economy. And believe me, if anyone knows how to cripple an economy, it's President Obama.

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.

Our Constitution gives to bigotry no sanction.

The cumulative effects of the economic and financial sanctions might well bring the rebellion to an end within a matter of weeks rather than months.

We don't take a macro view... We'd look at every company to figure out if trade sanctions are helpful or hurtful.

Japan has joined the sanctions against the Russian Federation. How are we going to further economic relations on a new and much higher basis, at a higher level under the sanctions regime?

People don't get angry about the half a million dead Iraqis from the sanctions.

Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability.

Mathematicians create by acts of insights and intuition. Logic then sanctions the conquests of intuition.

Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality.

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

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

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.

For now we must continue to strengthen our sanctions and pressure on North Korea.

I personally believe, as church law sets out, that sanctions are an absolute last resort, particularly penal sanctions of depriving people of the sacraments.

The only thing about sanctions is that, like a lot of drone strikes, there are countless unintended victims. Cutting off aid to Uganda only increases the pain there.

I support strong sanctions and other penalties against those who aid violent extremists, brutalize their own people and have time and time again rejected calls to behave as responsible nations.

Sanctions are not diplomacy. They are a precursor to war and an embarrassment to a country that pays lip service to free trade.

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.

Logic merely sanctions the conquests of the intuition.

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked

After analyzing the sanctions against our space industry, I suggest to the USA to bring their astronauts to the International Space Station using a trampoline.

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

Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society.

Unlike the former Soviet Union that respected the strength of West, Putin's Russia ignores talk of sanctions, claims land, and supports rebels in Ukraine with impunity.

It is impossible to maintain freedom and order and justice without religious and moral sanctions.

[Rex] Tillerson is there to get these sanctions [against Russia] lifted. I believe it. Just watch him!

[Rex Tillerson] is gonna continue to work on [sanctions lifting]. This is important for him. He was there [in White House] because he negotiated the deal for Exxon with [Vladimir] Putin.

I believe it is wrong to give Moscow a rebate on Ukraine sanctions because of Syria.

We are in the process of destroying an entire society. It is as simple and terrifying as that. It is illegal and immoral.

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.

I am the Counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

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

I studied at the Academy during the years of economic sanctions. Life was almost dead because the sanctions imposed on Iraq by the civilized world were so strict.

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

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

Those who had alleged that a million civilians were dying from sanctions were willing, nay eager, to keep those same murderous sanctions if it meant preserving Saddam!

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

In any case, it is better to have some deal than no deal, but it's interesting that Obama picked the day of implementing of Iran deal to impose new sanctions on North Korea.

The Chinese are like a tank through a corn field, they just keep mowing through it. Senators want sanctions against countries supporting cyberattacks.

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.

The International Atomic Energy Agency is controlling this, the sanctions against Iran are lifted - but still the US are working on their missile defense system. What is the point of this?

The sanctions may be imposed only by the decision of the UN Security Council. A unilateral imposition of sanctions is a violation of international law.