Sanction Quotes

When Saddam was in power, the Iraqi people had suffered from several wars and sanctions for many years. - Liu Jianchao

When Governor Romney's asked about it, he said, 'We gotta keep these sanctions.' When he said, 'Well, you're talking about doing more,' what are you...you're going to go to war? Is that what you want to do? - Joe Biden

When a law enforcement officer apprehends an illegal immigrant, it makes no sense to simply release that individual who has been breaking our laws with no threat of sanction or penalty. - Bobby Jindal

What you have is illegal student bookies on every major college campus in this country taking illegal bets from students on those campuses on NCAA sanctioned events. - Frank Fahrenkopf

What then have I done? What, except yield to a natural feeling, inspired by beauty, sanctioned by virtue and kept at all times within the bounds of respect. It's innocent expression prompted not by hope but by trust. - Vicomte De Valmont

What the EU should be doing is looking at smart, targeted sanctions. - Mark Leonard

What our case is saying is that these companies gave their knowing support to the apartheid regime, either through lending money or breaking sanctions. They were aiding and abetting it, and yet none of them have admitted their complicity. - Tristen Taylor

We've got a professional job to do; we do it on the basis of evidence. You really want that light at the end of the tunnel to get larger, to get out of sanctions? There is only one way down that tunnel and that is on the track of disarmament. - Richard Butler

We've been going through a transition phase for a few years. We have Europe trying to find more playing opportunities for its members, sanctioning tournaments here and there, picking up half of their playing opportunities for members. It raises as many questions as there are answers. - Tim Finchem