“The National Oil Company had restricted access to many of the industries' emerging technologies through its years of economic sanctions.”
Craig McMahon
“Certainly Iraq, even before oil-for-food and sanctions, conducted business by buying influence.”
Charles Duelfer
“Our position as regards the restrictions imposed by the European Union remains unchanged -- these sanctions are unsubstantiated, deliberate and useless.”
Andrei Popov
“I knew I'd be sanctioned. I'll prepare for the next season with Marseille and get ready for the national team because my goal is to play in the (2006) World Cup.”
Fabien Barthez
“I knew I'd be sanctioned, ... I'll prepare for the next season with Marseille and get ready for the national team because my goal is to play in the (2006) World Cup.”
“I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. - Anthem”
Ayn Rand
“The Cubans are being punished with sanctions in the same way we are,”
Robert Mugabe