Famous Quotes & Sayings

Al Sharpton

I've never seen an effective boycott that didn't work.

L. Neil Smith

The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful.

We're kind of just starting, as far as the boycott of BU goes. But you can definitely tell we're getting somewhere. We're putting a lot of pressure on BU and creating a whole lot of stir in the media. Hopefully, it will force the decision makers to be accountable for their actions.

Obviously, parents felt the need to include the schools as part of the boycott activities.

No call for boycott has worked, ... The most important thing is for Iraqis to take part by voting 'yes' or 'no.'

I think the boycott will die of its own weight,

The people who are participating in this boycott are simply letting everybody know that we have an impact. The people organizing this want to make sure the message is positive.

If the temporary visas can be reviewed only after three years, then our boycott will also be lifted only after three years.

We are expecting that with this national boycott we will be able to further gain some respect, dignity, and improve the lot of the immigrant community.

Judith Butler

Only if we accept the proposition that the state of Israel is the exclusive and legitimate representative of the Jewish people would a movement calling for divestment, sanctions and boycott against that state be understood as directed against the Jewish people as a whole.

We will hold on to the decision to boycott the trial and not to participate in any future sessions until our reasonable demands for a fair, honest and transparent trial that brings out the truth are met.

There is nothing to indicate that the absences are the result of a boycott or anything of that nature.

Our governor could boycott Mexico. Tell the citizens to boycott Mexico to give us answers.

Heather Mills

People in every other country in the world should now boycott Chinese goods.

We have called for the boycott of the parliamentary elections because Lebanon is under Syrian control.

Rogers told us he regretted hosting the meeting with that group and that he would never have hosted it if he had known the organization might call for a boycott of Israel.

It does keep the momentum going and keeps it on the front pages and on the minds of the public who have been inconvenienced. The boycott demonstrated how virtually every product that the public buys and every service the public receives has been touched by a Latino immigrant.

So far, only relatively few customers have chosen to lift the boycott but we've had positive signals from others and we're hopeful that one of the large chains will decide to list our products again.

Any boycott of Danish goods would be seen as a boycott of European goods.

After what happenedthe defense team was confronted with only one choice the boycott of a court that has no legitimacy, (is) unconstitutional and has already taken a prior decision to convict the President.

This boycott is symbolic - one game is not going to cripple the club financially.

This is a public uprising. This has spread through the region like wildfire. And the boycott has been practically 100 %.

Defense lawyers have said they will boycott the next court hearing scheduled for November 28. The High Tribunal is the only one able to rule on this, and is free to appoint other lawyers or choose any other solution.

We look to the boycott as a futile pressure on the court and the course of justice. We support the independence and transparency of the court totally.

Kweisi Mfume

We will take every opportunity to inform consumers of our decision and urge them to make similar decisions to boycott those hotels who take their money but refuse to provide them economic opportunities,

Jeff Jarvis

If you want to boycott search and links, then you will die on paper.

If possible we want to launch a movement to boycott imported rice.

Eric Larson

I haven't heard a thing that there's an impact from the boycott other than the usual number of workers gone on a Monday.

Abraham Foxman

It is shocking and ironic that this one-sided boycott effort comes at a time when Israel is making a series of dramatic steps toward peace, including the recent withdrawal from Gaza.

They want to keep the boycott as a last resort.

A boycott of Danish goods is by definition a boycott of European goods. We do not consider a boycott of any kind a good means to react.

A boycott of Danish goods is by definition a boycott of European goods. A boycott hurts the economic interests of all parties.

I realize that these folks have got a cause but they hurt the smaller retailers. The boycott hurts them worse than anybody.