Economic Embargo Quotes

I think the most difficult thing that has had to happen in South Africa for the previously disadvantaged communities is they had to reconcile that the oppressor has been enriched and the establishment is now making five or 10 times more profit than they were during the time the economic embargo was on them.

Sanctions on Pakistan have been part of the troubled U.S.-Pakistan relationship in the past and should not be considered as an option in the future.

Sanctions will not produce capitulation.

The Cuban economy is a disaster. No, I do not praise Fidel Castro.

There is a terrible price the U. S. Government must pay when it associates itself … intimately with a repressive regime.

When you say to Israelis, 'European boycott,' they think it means that this year they won't get Camembert cheese on time... That is not the case.

Iran is isolated on its nuclear program and support for terrorism.

Iran is isolating itself from the rest of the world.

I'm against lifting any sanctions on the Russians.

Unfortunately, history suggests that dictatorial regimes can withstand years, even decades, of economic sanctions.

Because of Iran's support for terrorism, disrespect for human rights, and nuclear proliferation, it has been under U.S. and international sanctions for decades - and companies have been fined billions for circumventing those sanctions.

President Trump is trying to avoid war through economic pressure. Our so-called allies are undermining that pressure and in the process making war more likely.

We're going to push hard against China because 90 percent of the trade that happens with North Korea is from China, and so, while they have been helpful, they need to do more.

What's happening in Cuba is not a failure of the Cuban people. It's a failure of Fidel Castro and the Communists.

There are severe limitations on civil rights. In the international arena, Iran is turning into an isolated country, and the international community is becoming more hostile toward it.

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

It was sanctions that drove Iran to the negotiating table in the first place.

If necessary, we will have to strengthen sanctions even further, but the goal of sanctions must be to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table.

Year after year, an ideological and economic barrier hardened between our two countries, meanwhile, the Cuban exile community in the United States made enormous contributions to our country, in politics, in business, culture and sports.

The serious crimes by the Sudanese government and the government-supported militias must be met with serious consequences. We must work for tough international economic sanctions on the Sudanese government.

The economic sanctions against Russia are madness, directed against a neighboring and friendly market.

By rejecting the Iranian nuclear deal, Congress can help achieve the original goal of isolating the bad actors in Iran - the Ayatollah Khamenei, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, its Quds Force commander Quassem Soleimani, and the radical clerics.

Don’t think of it as helping their economy; think of it as burning their fields.

The responsible choice? Steer clear of business with Iran.

Any business can do business with Iran; they can also do business with the United States, but they can't do business with both.