Civilians Quotes · Page 5

When drafting our Constitution, the Founders took great care to ensure our military is above politics, that its leaders were civilians.

— Nancy Mace

There are far more statues of soldiers out there than there are of civilians.

— George Armstrong Custer

When things did go wrong for the IRA, when civilians were killed, I tried to put it in context, not defend it.

— Peter T. King

The escalation to attack undefended civilian targets is just a classic illustration of terrorism.

— Noam Chomsky

Egypt firmly and strongly condemns such attacks on civilians and soldiers that led to the deaths of a large number of innocent…

— Hosni Mubarak

The Pentagon is supposed to be under civilian control and it ought to be up to the people of the United States,…

— David Swanson

Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.

— Tariq Ramadan

We have a responsibility to make sure civilians and children are never the targets of war and humanitarian assistance is never blocked.

— Laphonza Butler

You cannot use [nuclear weapons] to target civilians; you cannot use them against military targets if they have indiscriminate effects on civilians…

— John Burroughs

In my 20 years as a photographer, covering conflicts from Bosnia to Gaza to Iraq to Afghanistan, injured civilians and soldiers have…

— Anja Niedringhaus

Sarah Palin is very pro-life of course, unless the life is that of an Iraqi civilian or a wolf running frantically from…

— Seth MacFarlane

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

— Alan Dershowitz

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

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

— Donald Trump

There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add…

— Philip Caputo

The war is not going well and it is time to say why. It has been fought with half-measures. It has been…

— Charles Krauthammer

So, before leading my troops into battle, we would get drunk and drugged up, sacrifice a local teenager, drink their blood, then…

— General Butt Naked

“To protect civilians, the state needs sometimes to do things that are contrary to democratic behavior. It is true that in units…

— Michael Bar-Zohar

I don't believe in Western morality, i.e., don't kill civilians or children, don't destroy holy sites, don't fight during the holiday seasons,…

— Manis Friedman

When I was developing the [TV Series "Daredevil"] idea, we were really doing something closer to what was in the comic book.…

— Melissa Rosenberg

The decision to rely heavily on high-altitude air power, target urban infrastructure and repeatedly attack heavily populated towns and villages has reflected…

— Seumas Milne

To enhance the defense of the other agencies of government, including our law enforcement agency - it's so important. They're doing such…

— Donald Trump

Civilians craving for their rights while leaders ignite fights, where the hell is peace and justice.

— Simon Quperlier

Donald Trump'd rather believe Vladimir Putin than the military and civilian intelligence professionals who are sworn to protect us.

— Hillary Clinton

'Civilians' is a term I love. It's what Elizabeth Hurley used to describe people who weren't on TV.

— Alan Carr

Iraq is a strange country. Where else can American civilians like me be protected by terrorist human shields?

— Michael Totten

There are no innocent civilians, so it doesn't bother me so much to be killing innocent bystanders.

— Curtis LeMay

Those people who kill women, children, and defenseless civilians are about as Muslim as mass murderer Christopher Columbus was a Christian.

— Immortal Technique

I don't think we [the USA] need more troops. I think we need to be less worried about civilian casualties.

— Ann Coulter

Terrorism, to me, is the use of terror for political purpose, and terror is indiscriminate murder of civilians to make a political…

— Al Franken

As long as the enemy fights he must be beaten relentlessly, but a defeated enemy and especially the civilian population must be…

— Alexander Suvorov

“In the face of reformer civilians, even the politicians themselves will forget which party they belong to, so will their next of…

— Abhijit Naskar

Terrorism is the intentional use of, or threat to use violence against civilians or against civilian targets, in order to attain political…

— Boaz Ganor

We civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech.

— Medea Benjamin

I WILL FOLLOW ANYONE AND THANK EVERYONE WHO TRIES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE LIVES OF VULNERABLE CIVILIANS

— Widad Akrawi

I just want to say something. 655,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. Who are the terrorists?

— Rosie O'Donnell

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

— Noam Chomsky

I remain troubled by the deliberate killing of civilians, whether by the United States or by its enemies.

— Max Boot