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I am deeply sorry for many things I have done. However, it is my hope that revealing the truth will lead to a bright, dope-free future for the sport I love, in the rush to vilify Lance, many of the other equally culpable participants have been allowed to escape scrutiny, much less sanction, and many of the anti-doping 'enforcers' have chosen to grandstand at Lance's expense rather than truly search for the truth. – Lance Armstrong	Found on CNN 9 years ago
At this point it seems like things are going well ; there's consensus that there should be an independent court, we need just one body with the power to sanction all aspects of government. – Juan Portal	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Many times when you see the United States government imposing sanctions on so-called ‘commercial businesses’ in Iran, it's in reality the Quds Force that they are trying to sanction. – Ali Alfoneh	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
The new sanction can fall anywhere on the spectrum allowed by the law, which goes from a warning to revoking the environmental permit, including fines, i can say that I don't rule out any scenario. – Cristian Franz	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It's a brutal sanction. – Carlos Miranda	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
In concrete terms, there's not a heck of a lot they can do because one, North Korea doesn't have an economy, and two, we've already got every sanction known to man against them. – Jim Lewis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
In concrete terms, there’s not a heck of a lot they can do because one, North Korea doesn’t have an economy, and two, we’ve already got every sanction known to man against them. – Jim Lewis	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. – George Santayana, Life of Reason (1905) vol. 1, ch. 10	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Without cultural sanction, most or all our religious beliefs and rituals would fall into the domain of mental disturbance. – John Schumaker	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. In common and trivial matters we may act without motives, but in momentous ones the most careful deliberation is wisdom. – W. M. L. Jay	added by anonymous 13 years ago
I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. – Ayn Rand	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it. – Ayn Rand	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Happiness is the only sanction of life where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. – George Santayana	added by anonymous 14 years ago
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. – John Hay	added by anonymous 14 years ago

I am deeply sorry for many things I have done. However, it is my hope that revealing the truth will lead to a bright, dope-free future for the sport I love, in the rush to vilify Lance, many of the other equally culpable participants have been allowed to escape scrutiny, much less sanction, and many of the anti-doping 'enforcers' have chosen to grandstand at Lance's expense rather than truly search for the truth.

– Lance Armstrong

Found on CNN
9 years ago

At this point it seems like things are going well ; there's consensus that there should be an independent court, we need just one body with the power to sanction all aspects of government.

– Juan Portal

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Many times when you see the United States government imposing sanctions on so-called ‘commercial businesses’ in Iran, it's in reality the Quds Force that they are trying to sanction.

– Ali Alfoneh

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

The new sanction can fall anywhere on the spectrum allowed by the law, which goes from a warning to revoking the environmental permit, including fines, i can say that I don't rule out any scenario.

– Cristian Franz

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It's a brutal sanction.

– Carlos Miranda

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

In concrete terms, there's not a heck of a lot they can do because one, North Korea doesn't have an economy, and two, we've already got every sanction known to man against them.

– Jim Lewis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In concrete terms, there’s not a heck of a lot they can do because one, North Korea doesn’t have an economy, and two, we’ve already got every sanction known to man against them.

– Jim Lewis

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.

– George Santayana, Life of Reason (1905) vol. 1, ch. 10

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Without cultural sanction, most or all our religious beliefs and rituals would fall into the domain of mental disturbance.

– John Schumaker

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. In common and trivial matters we may act without motives, but in momentous ones the most careful deliberation is wisdom.

– W. M. L. Jay

added by anonymous
13 years ago

I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.

– Ayn Rand

added by anonymous
14 years ago

The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.

– Ayn Rand

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Happiness is the only sanction of life where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.

– George Santayana

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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.

– John Hay

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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