Bill Clinton Quotes

The sanctions which the West introduced against Russia seriously affect us.

We do not agree with policies that would lead to attempts at easing sanctions or lifting them and returning to business as usual with Russia. We believe that such behaviour will only embolden the aggressive behavior of Russia, as the last 12 years have shown, starting with Russia's attack on Georgia in 2008.

America's sanctions policy is largely consistent and, in a certain sense, admirable. By applying economic restraints, we label the most oppressive and dangerous governments in the world pariahs. We wash our hands of evil, declining to help despots finance their depredations, even at a cost to ourselves of some economic growth.

A great nation like the United States has many and varied interests, and we need both to do business with tyrants and to engage constantly in multilateral diplomacy.

No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government.

Then came the hostage crisis during which Carter did nothing to rattle the ayatollahs who hung tough until Ronald Reagan was inaugurated, when they suddenly backed down.

The international community is unwilling to accept the policies of the Iranian regime.

You take away the money from Israel? No. That's something we can't do.

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

I don’t talk to countries that exhibit bad behavior.

America is being utterly immoral in refusing to join the International Criminal Court and in trying to blackmail economically weak countries like Kenya. It is really very insulting to our sovereignty, to our sense of self respect.

If there are countries in the world who are willing to flout sanctions, it doesn’t matter if we have sanctions or not.

[The Cuban embargo is:] … not just a policy tool [but] a moral statement.

Congress shall not have power, without the concurrence of two-thirds of both Houses, to interdict the commercial intercourse between the United States and any foreign nation or the dependencies thereof.

I was only helping your country enforce the Embargo Act.

There are two things that are very expensive in international relations: promises when they succeed and threats when they fail

U. S. Foreign Policy is usually largely reactive.

Imposing economic sanctions is declaring economic warfare on the people of South Africa.

The Senate are a branch of the treaty-making power, and by consulting them in advance of his own action upon important measures of foreign policy which may ultimately come before them for their consideration, the President secures harmony of action between that body and himself.

Russia's actions in Syria are not the only reasons to distrust Mr. Putin. Moscow has opposed attempts by the U.N. in November 2011 to increase sanctions against Iran for its illicit nuclear program.

A key player with respect to sanctions is, of course, China. And so, if a military option were to be exercised, then obviously we would play very heavily in that process. But that's not a decision, fortunately, that the intelligence community makes.

We should forcefully call out China whenever it violates international standards.

Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.

The Senate must approve any deal President Obama negotiates with Iran by a two-thirds majority vote.

When I think of the things that Trump has done, ironically, everything is sort of - we care so much about Cuba and the Iran deal. I think pulling out of TPP is just devastating.