Embargo – Quotes

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This was a \”bad\” example for U.S. slaves. Haiti was subjected to an embargo from the United States, which, along with many other countries, refused to recognize this new republic. Edwidge Danticat

It took six weeks of debate in the Senate to get the Arms Embargo Law repealed–and we face other delays during the present session because most of the Members of the Congress are thinking in terms of next Autumn’s election. However, that is one of the prices that we who live in democracies have to … Read more

[Barack Obama] is aware

[Barack Obama] is aware of the criticism back home [from Cuba] that this embargo still exists. David Muir

It would be bad

It would be bad for the economy if we have another Jimmy Carter grain embargo, Jimmy, Jimmy Carter, Jimmy Carter grain embargo, Jimmy Carter grain embargo. Dan Quayle

Did you know that……….’embargo’

Did you know that……….’embargo’ spelled backwards is ‘o grab me Colin Mochrie

I can tell the

I can tell the negotiators, please, when you consider all the options, do not be constrained by the risk of an oil embargo on Iranian oil. Claude Mandil

Hillary Clinton supported concessions

Hillary Clinton supported concessions to the Castro brothers and got almost nothing in return for ending the embargo. Chris Christie

The U.S. embargo imposed

The U.S. embargo imposed on Nicaragua, rather than weakening the Sandinistas, actually maintained them in power. Bianca Jagger

You have to look

You have to look at the reality in Syria. Whenever we liberate any city or village from the terrorists, the civilians will go back to the city, while they flee that city when the terrorists attack that area, the opposite. So, they flee, first of all, the war itself; they flee the area under the … Read more

Wit is its own

Wit is its own remedy. Liberty and commerce bring it to its true standard. The only danger is the laying an embargo. The same thing happens here as in the case of trade: impositions and restrictions reduce it to a low ebb; nothing is so advantageous to it as a free port. Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th … Read more