Elliott Abrams

Opponents of U.S. sanctions have made 'unilateral sanctions' their special target. They argue that sanctions observed by many nations would be much more effective. True enough. Far better for trade with an outlaw regime to be restricted by many nations than by just one.

American Lawyer

Jacky Rosen

Israel is a country with a thriving free press and a nation known across the world for its support of women's and LGBT rights, not one that should face sanctions by a supposedly peace-loving world body.

American Politician

Federica Mogherini

There have always been different opinions on some elements of our sanction policy. It will probably stay that way... What is important is that we keep this unity and decide all together.

Italian Politician

Steve Coogan

If the person who can effectively sanction ill-conceived wars can play the electric guitar, which is a symbol of rebellion, then that whole worldview becomes confused.

British Comedian

Paul P. Harris

How strange it is that murder has the sanction of law in one and only one of the human relationships, and that is the most important of all, that of nation to nation.

Hassan Rouhani

America will regret imposing sanctions on Iran... they're already isolated in the world.

Iranian Leader

Mitch McConnell

If there's any country in the world that doesn't deserve sanctions relief, it's Russia.

Ralph Nader

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.

George Santayana

Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.

Spanish Philosopher

Omar Bongo

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.

Gabonese Statesman

Used when an authority formally allows an action. It's often seen in professional or academic settings.

Permission Context

Common in bureaucratic processes where an action needs official government consent.

Governmental Approval

Implies disciplinary measures taken in response to rules being broken.

Consequence of Actions

Often relates to countries penalizing each other, affecting trade, economics, or diplomacy.

International Relations

Indicates that something proposed has been formally confirmed or agreed upon.

Official Endorsement

As a verb, tends to have a positive meaning, showing approval or validation of actions.

Positive Connotation

Indicates a response to misconduct, implying a form of punishment has been enacted.

Disciplinary Action

The seriousness of a sanction can range from minor to severe, depending on context.

Severity Varies

 many people would have said that progressive income taxation would never happen and then it happened. And even five years ago, many people would have said that bank secrecy will be with us forever in Switzerland, that Switzerland was too powerful for the rest of the world, and then suddenly it took a few U.S. sanctions

Thomas Piketty: New...

 sometimes for very good reasons, other times just because we don't understand the gaps in our lives. That's truth number two about lying. We're against lying, but we're covertly for it in ways that our society has sanctioned for centuries and centuries and centuries. It's as old as breathing.

How to spot a liar PIPE...

 find connections that people are trying to hide. So when a terrorist is corresponding with somebody else who's not known to us but is engaged in doing or supporting terrorist activity, or someone who's violating international sanctions by providing nuclear weapons-related material

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 and we could get there a lot sooner, and you would suffer a lot less trouble from economic sanctions, and we would suffer a lot less fear of the use of military force on our end, and the world would be a better place. Here's hoping they hear it that way. Thank you very much Bruce.

Bruce Bueno de Mesquita...

 century the Vatican began to merge it with a church sanctioned holiday so November 1st was designated All Saints Day to honor martyrs and the deceased faithful both of these holidays had to do with the afterlife and about survival after death it was a calculated move on

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 relationship but the main reason falfa Feeney are not considered taboo is because society sanctions their very existence by deciding their child lives as a father Feeney a family gives them a place and a role in the all-important

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 where someone could divorce their spouse without proving harm, and importantly, without the other’s consent. The transition from cultural and religious rules to state sanctioned ones has always been messy and incomplete—

When did humans start...

 that said no female could be on a leadership board, not one woman could have a decision-making authority, not one woman could handle any financial matter, we would have outrage. There would be sanctions.

How I'm Working for...

 There is no intention for them to change the game. There is no country in the world where either companies or political powers are sanctioned for wrecking the climate.

Why you should be a...

 he was delisted from al-qaeda sanction list the UN couldn't find anything against him that wise peaceful man spoke to that little girl inside me and told