George W. Norris Quotes

Embargo is not war.

Sanctions are a bad idea.

No ship or vessel, owned, hired, or employed, wholly or in part, by any person resident within the United States, and which shall depart there from after the first day of July next, shall be allowed to proceed directly, or from any intermediate port or place, to any port or place within the territory of the French Republic

I am of opinion that it is highly requisite forthwith to pass a law, prohibiting upon great penalties all trade with our enemies, and more especially the supplying of them with arms, ammunition or provisions of any kind whatsoever.

In my judgment, if we had pursued this course, the zones would have been of short duration. England would have been compelled to take her mines out of the North Sea in order to get any supplies from our country.

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.

Sanctions historically are quite counterproductive in the sense that if you impose sanctions on your enemy, it tends to strengthen your enemy.

It can never be admitted that the trade of a neutral nation in articles not contraband, can be legally obstructed to any place not actually blockaded.

Sanctions are not diplomacy; they are a precursor to war.

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

Politicians often call for sanctions as a way of sounding tough when they don't want to take riskier measures.

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

Sanctions and boycotts would be tied to serious political dialogue.

Therefore, if one were to consider that there was virtually no possibility of success through the US-Japan negotiations, the military and economic pressures would only force Japan into further crisis if time were allowed to pass in vain.

Overwhelmingly, Israel's political and military establishment want the rest of the world to act diplomatically or otherwise to stop Iran. But if that doesn't happen, then the impulse toward the use of force will become quite strong.

Sanctions are not really an economic weapon.

We think that something has to be done against the United States…. When you do something to the United States they are going to retaliate. But the United States is not as powerful as it's made out to be.

War can be done by arms. War can be done by economic means.

I could have been very popular if I had launched a military attack on Iran but I chose patience.

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

It is said that sanctions do not work—that they lead to resentment and possibly war. When sanctions do not work the reason is that they are not strong enough.

…sanctions applied to a large nation meant war. They bred “incurable hatreds”.

… all commercial intercourse between the United States and the rebellious states is unlawful and will remain unlawful until such insurrection shall cease or has been suppressed.

Is a military solution the only way to stop nations from doing bad things?

… banned all trade and intercourse with the … colonies … during the continuance of the present rebellion.