Civilians Quotes

Let the soldier yield to the civilian.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

The abuse of civilians and combatants has existed since the dawn of time.

— Peter Maurer

Israel never targets civilians deliberately, period.

— Naftali Bennett

I don't give a damn about the civilians.

— Richard M. Nixon

I think civilian Americans support the military very much.

— Thad Cochran

“Armadillo? I’d rather arm civilians.”

— Jarod Kintz

If there's no other alternative, I support civilian trials for terrorists.

— Rudy Giuliani

About 14 percent of our nation's civilian workforce is foreign-born.

— George W. Bush

There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.

— Erwin Rommel

Whenever you have a war, the civilians and the innocents will pay the price. That's in any war, any war is a…

— Bashar al-Assad

If you shell a military base and happen to kill civilians, you have not committed a war crime; if you deliberately target…

— Sebastian Junger

We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.

— Ann Coulter

Certainly, the murder of civilians for political statement did not just begin on September 11, 2001.

— Cliff Stearns

“enrage them and escalate the situation? These weren’t combatants. These were frustrated civilians,”

— Luis Carlos Montalván

Did the President order anyone to kill civilians, did he order the destruction, did he order supporting terrorism in his country? Of…

— Bashar al-Assad

I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement.

— Rachel Dolezal

I fell in love with a civilian. Not an actress and not a famous actress at that. Because then the attention doesn't…

— Matt Damon

It's angering that not everybody has signed this treaty to ban landmines. It's disgusting, it really is, because it is fact that…

— Angelina Jolie

The nature of the new war places a high premium on other factors, such as the ability to quickly obtain information from…

— Alberto Gonzales

It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all…

— Alan Dershowitz

Sacrificing American soldiers or innocent civilians in an unprecedented preemptive attack on a separate sovereign nation may well prove itself a most…

— Sean Penn

There you see Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson closing a deal with [Vladimir] Putin in 2011. Two years later, he received one of…

— Donald Trump

It is criminal to put our servicemen and women in harm's way and to put the lives of so many civilians on…

— Dave Matthews

In America, we're getting too comfortable with our ability to take kinetic strikes around the world without having enough process to avoid…

— Barack Obama

A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws.…

— Matthew Yglesias

“But if she'd come then, she would never have properly appreciated it. She'd have seen the happy crowds and the Union Jacks…

— Connie Willis

“Maybe this is what it feels like for civilians when they see cops doing some of the dirty work. A lot of…

— Jim Butcher

If I have to reduce all of the laws of war into a single sentence, it is this. You divide the world…

— Benjamin Netanyahu

“They did what they were told, kept their noses clean. Civilians, nothing wrong with it, but if they only knew that they…

— Aric Davis

Any action taken will be against the terrorist network of Bin Laden… As for the Taleban, they can surrender the terrorists or…

— Tony Blair

There is an undeniable economic and cultural disconnect between many of those who volunteer to serve and those who choose to remain…

— Ruben Gallego

Throughout history civilian populations and political rulers have talked of peace. We have never been free of war. The soldier, whose profession…

— Barry Goldwater

“The monstrous effects on Korean civilians of the methods of warfare adopted by the United Nations — the blanket fire bombing of…

— Reg Whitaker

Could anything justify the extermination of civilians on such a scale?

— Wilfred Burchett

My aunt and uncle are clearly civilians.

— Jimmy Kimmel

“Civilians enjoy their time because soldiers sacrifice their time.”

— Amit Kalantri

The longer the war drags on, more and more civilians are getting killed.

— Sergey Akhromeyev

Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror

— Barack Obama

To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes.

— Sarah Brady

...Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population...

— Jean-Paul Sartre