“Our nation does not surrender to blackmail.”
Alvin Hellerstein
“Exile means surrender. This nation, the Iraqi nation, is not going to surrender to the blackmail and to the threats of the Americans.”
Saddam Hussein
“Russia has shown it's not above the temptation of using some bargaining power or blackmail. It shows that if there is a way to get some political-economic advantages from a temporary weakness of your partner, the Russians will use it.”
Daniel Gros
“It's a political game, not simply an economic agreement. The Russian government is using this as blackmail.”
Bronislaw Geremek
“We have not blackmailed anybody.”
James Cunningham
“When extremists extract concessions from democracies on points of principle, either by blackmail or terror, democracies do not have long left.”
Philippe Val
“This is a community decision. What do they want? ... We're not trying to blackmail people, we're just trying to tell you where we're at.”
Cheryl Crates
