Sanctions are imposed as a penalty, and the lifting or easing of these sanctions should be used as an incentive for subsequent compliance.

Sanctions are a bad idea.

Sanctions are a bad idea. We are not facing an imminent threat. We need to lower the pitch.

People talk about smart sanctions and crippling sanctions. I've never seen smart sanctions, and crippling sanctions cripple everyone, including innocent civilians, and make the government more popular.

We were proactive then and imposed the sanctions on ourselves that we still feel were sufficient. That's where we are today.

We pushed it a little too far. We got caught with something NASCAR didn't like, they imposed a penalty on us, and we have to accept that.