Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and are rarely invoked.
A tiny and closed fraternity of privileged men, elected by no one, and enjoying a monopoly sanctioned and licensed by government.
Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.
Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.
I stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift my head and I spread my arms. This, my body and spirit, this is the end of the quest. I wished to know the meaning of all things. I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no war...
Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.
The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.
Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.
We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans.
The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.
We're not afraid of sanctions. We're not afraid of military invasion. What frightens us is the invasion of western immorality.
In 1995, sanctions led Sudan to cut its ties with terrorists and expel Osama bin Laden.
My fear is that if we don't take remedial steps to control polio in the tribal areas, we will be faced with international sanctions.
Well in the end the world can crank itself up to sanctions, as it has with Zimbabwe, another sad case.
Women were once considered chattel, and slavery was regarded as sanctioned in the Bible. However, western society grew to recognize that neither was just.
Sanctions aren't about weapons of mass destruction. People need to understand that.
Slavery, if it can be legalized at all, can be legalized only by positive legislation. Natural law gives it no aid. Custom imparts to it no legal sanction.
All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
I was cold, hungry, and in a hole in the ground. But at least I had my elven porn, damnit!
For many decades, Myanmar was on the receiving end of very public diplomatic scoldings, often backed up by sanctions.
We don't take a macro view... We'd look at every company to figure out if trade sanctions are helpful or hurtful.
