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We will never regain control of our borders until we have an effective employer sanctions program, — Romano L. Mazzoli

A law without sanctions is no law; it is only counsel, or advice. — Charles Grandison Finney

Logic merely sanctions the conquests of the intuition. — Jacques Hadamard

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

I agree with Kathi Zellweger that sanctions mostly punish the ordinary people who live at the edge of starvation. — Barbara Demick

Politicians often call for sanctions as a way of sounding tough when they don't want to take riskier measures. — David Ignatius

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

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

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results. — Omar Bongo

Our Constitution gives to bigotry no sanction. — George Washington

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

The gospel of St. Marx is just the old Judaeo-Christian mythology with the supernatural sanctions left out — Revilo P. Oliver

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

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked. — Ralph Nader

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

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. — Harold Wilson

I know my maker sanctions what I do. For the world's judgement - I wash my hands thereof. For man's opinion- I defy it — Charlotte Bronte

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

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

In effect, sanctions take another country's civilian population hostage in order to get its leaders to acquiesce. — Mike Lofgren

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

Sanctions are a bad idea. — Mohamed ElBaradei

I've repeatedly voted for sanctions against Iran. And I think all options should be on the table to prevent them from having nuclear weapons. — Rand Paul

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

Sanctions always hurt the poor, the weak, the children. — Brian May

Sanctions are a sign of irritation; they are not the instrument of serious policies. — Sergei Lavrov

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

Border enforcement coupled with employer sanctions and threatening employers who hire immigration law violators is insufficient. — Jan C. Ting

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

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

Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case. — Helen Clark

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

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

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

We're not afraid of sanctions. We're not afraid of military invasion. What frightens us is the invasion of western immorality. — Ruhollah Moosavi Khomeini

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

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

Do not sanction an absurdity. — Stephanie Felicite, Comtesse De Genlis

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

For many decades, Myanmar was on the receiving end of very public diplomatic scoldings, often backed up by sanctions. — Najib Razak

Hinduism has sinned in giving sanction to untouchability. — Mahatma Gandhi

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue. — Aung San Suu Kyi

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

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

We have no desire to continue a sanctions war, trading blows. — Sergei Lavrov

My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions. — Mamnoon Hussain

one in five Muslim girls lives today in a community that sanctions some sort of interference with her genitals. — Geraldine Brooks

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

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

Sanctions are not really an economic weapon. — Aung San Suu Kyi

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

The Lebanese banking system helps Iran, Syria & Hezbollah evade sanctions. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

Sanctions historically are quite counterproductive in the sense that if you impose sanctions on your enemy, it tends to strengthen your enemy. — Steve Hanke

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