“enrage them and escalate the situation? These weren’t combatants. These were frustrated civilians,” — Luis Carlos Montalván Copy Share Image
If you shell a military base and happen to kill civilians, you have not committed a war crime; if you deliberately target… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Asymmetrical warfare is a euphemism for terrorism, just like collateral damage is a euphemism for killing innocent civilians. — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
Every thing in life is a uniform; the only time our bodies are truly in civilian dress is when we're naked. — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation. — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
I don't believe in killing civilians, and I'm not going to kill civilians for the United States Marine CORPS... — Lamb Of God Copy Share Image
“It's not the generals, it's the civilians who authorise and organise the worst war crimes.” — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It has become clear that America's civilian institutions of diplomacy and development have been chronically undermanned and underfunded for far too long… — Robert M. Gates Copy Share Image
Civilians are arrested every single day - including innocent ones - and they must wait until their day in court in order… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
A writer has a use for his experiences that most civilians simply don't; he or she discerns material in situations that others… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
The steep decline in America's image and standing after 9/11 is a direct reflection of global distaste for the instruments of American… — Shashi Tharoor Copy Share Image
Unprovoked attacks on Israel's borders, murdering Israeli soldiers, taking Israeli hostages and showering rockets targeting and killing Israeli civilians are not furthering… — Alcee Hastings Copy Share Image
There is no effort to acknowledge some equivalent accountability by associating "terrorism" with all violence that is deliberately aimed at civilians, either… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
The country of the Two Holy Places has in our religion a peculiarity of its own over the other Muslim countries. In… — Osama bin Laden Copy Share Image
The true lovers of humanity are those who put on the uniform with regret, fight like hell when they wear it, take… — Rupert Hughes Copy Share Image
“We feel sorry for the poor people who died,' one soldier said. 'But how are we to know who is a terrorist… — Jean Arasanayagam Copy Share Image
Militarism is the most energy-intensive, entropic activity of humans, since it converts stored energy and materials directly into waste and destruction without… — Hazel Henderson Copy Share Image
UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life,… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Of 472 civilian occupations defined by the Department of Commerce, only six are majority immigrant (legal and illegal). These six occupations account… — Mark Krikorian Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Maybe this is what it feels like for civilians when they see cops doing some of the dirty work. A lot of… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
A system in which legal police shootings of unarmed civilians are a common occurrence is a system that has some serious flaws.… — Matthew Yglesias Copy Share Image
“They did what they were told, kept their noses clean. Civilians, nothing wrong with it, but if they only knew that they… — Aric Davis Copy Share Image
With a civilian target, female bombers tend to be more successful and cause more damage. — Mia Bloom Copy Share Image
A lot of people who didn't understand the need for civilians to bear arms on Sept. 10 were pretty clear on the… — Tim Slagle Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I don't date civilians. I don't even try. I'm totally out of the game of dating or trying to get a girlfriend… — Chester Brown Copy Share Image
Civilians are like beans; you buy 'em as needed for any job which merely requires skill and savvy. But you can't buy… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by… — Janet Reno Copy Share Image
In fighting terror, you cannot let it interfere with the normal life of civilians in Israel. — Yitzhak Rabin Copy Share Image
Yet the civilians have always respected the natural right of a citizen to dispose of his life . . . — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
When John Murtha, for example, said the Marines are killing innocent civilians in cold blood. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
This policy represents a massive injustice against Iraqi civilians, ... and it must be ended - not after Mr. Clinton leaves office,… — Ralph Nader Copy Share Image
Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot about the intelligence of civilians. — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
These mercenaries and hirelings kidnapped civilians in the Al-Faw Peninsula so that they might claim that they captured Iraqi soldiers. — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf Copy Share Image
You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot. — Rachel Corrie Copy Share Image
...The very nature of interstate war puts innocent civilians into great jeopardy, especially with modern technology. — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
Israel uses weapons to safeguard civilians. Hamas uses civilians to safeguard weapons. — Mark Pellegrino Copy Share Image
