Sajid Javid Quotes

The BDS movement goes way beyond any legitimate, reasonable criticism of a government.

I believe in a nonviolent movement of boycott, divestment, sanctions.

The United Nations' greatest fear is that average Americans will no longer tolerate these international scandals and demand that America withdraw from the international organization.

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

We believe that the world, too, can destroy apartheid, firstly by striking at the economy of South Africa.

I think protest and actions have to be organised against the Israelis and their backers. There needs to be a concerted high profile campaign to raise awareness of the people in this country.

For many decades, Myanmar was on the receiving end of very public diplomatic scoldings, often backed up by sanctions.

A boycott is, inherently, a blunt instrument. It is an imperfect weapon, a carpet bomb, when all involved would prefer a surgical strike.

If you watch the evening news, Dr. Kissinger is very often brought on to sort of be the statesman of his age and to reflect dispassionately on world events. And so a film challenging his legacy, a film that assesses charges that are quite grave against him, is something that is touchy for the media to show.

Unilateral sanctions only make foreign rivals stronger and taint us as unreliable suppliers.

There are plenty who think a union should not speak out, fight for or criticize the foreign policy of our government; that it should be a matter of our government, right or wrong, in matters of foreign policy. We have never adhered to that belief. And we shouldn’t.

Castro doesn’t need spies. All he has to do is read the newspapers.

International economic and political sanctions on Iran, as crucial as they may be, are only an initial step, and must be dramatically increased.

Without the U.S. leading the way in trade negotiations, we likely will see irreversible damage to our environment and widespread abuse of labor and human rights, all while we lose out on the opportunity to expand our economy and create jobs.

Anyone who cooperates with BDS is operating against Israel and it is a form of antisemitism.

China is the one, the only one, that can control Kim Jong Un, this crazy, fat kid that's running North Korea.

My problem in calling for pressures on South Africa is to convince the youth to convince their governments and people that it is not the South African goods that are cheap, but the forced labor of the Africans.

I don't care if it's Saudi Arabia or if it's Israel or any other country. I can't imagine our members of Congress or even the residents back in the day that pushed back against apartheid in Africa not to be able to boycott.

If Trump, for whatever reason, continues to coddle Russia, then Congress, the media, foundations, and academics should publicly detail the corruption that characterizes Putin's rule.

The founder of the BDS movement is blatantly anti-Semitic.

African pressure has led the E.U. to rethink part of its agricultural subsidy programme.

The BDS movement attempts to undermine and destabilize Israel, our greatest ally in the Middle East.

I just can't understand why we don't go forward and put more sanctions.

Just a threat of a boycott has got the Russians spinning.

The minute you try to threaten and use boycotts I think it is outside the democratic perception.