The lesson is not that you can win in urban warfare by protecting civilians. The lesson is that you can only win… — Lloyd Austin Copy Share Image
I'm getting a little fed up with hearing about, oh, civilian casualties. I think we ought to nuke North Korea right now… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
the American public has been delicately insulated from the actuality of our ongoing wars. While a tiny fraction of men and women… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
The only place you and I disagree is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
The role of Iran has been very destructive. As an Iranian, I apologize to the civilian people of Syria who have been… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
More than ever before, crisis management, reconstruction and development demand a new level of cooperation between nations, and between nations and international… — Jaap de Hoop Scheffer Copy Share Image
American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War, 5 percent of… — Colin Ward Copy Share Image
By citing the UN Charter I indicate that the defensive party to the conflict should use only proportionate force, try to avoid… — Bhikkhu Bodhi Copy Share Image
From our side, from our part as government, we have two missions: the first one is to fight those terrorists to liberate… — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
The Pirate Party started in Sweden in 2006, and it only had one agenda: to change draconian copyright laws. But it's changed… — Birgitta Jonsdottir Copy Share Image
How much atonement is enough? The bombing must be allowed as at least part-payment: those of our young people who are concerned… — Clive James Copy Share Image
With all this talk about the supposed strain in relations [with the Soviet Union], there is an inference that somehow it is… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
In my eyes Marlantes has become the pre-eminent literary voice on war of our generation. He is a natural storyteller and a… — Sebastian Junger Copy Share Image
In contrast, the 'Old Europe' channels were showing film from reporters who had embedded themselves at the wrong end of the Baghdad… — David Walker Copy Share Image
How can you claim infallibility and claim that in these 114 [drone] strikes there was just one mistake -- one person killed… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
A universal renunciation of violence requires the commitment of the whole of society. These are not matters of government but matters of… — Federico Mayor Zaragoza Copy Share Image
We as a human family are on this train that is taking us into more and more war and more and more… — Mairead Corrigan Copy Share Image
There has, indeed, been very substantial progress in Iraq over the past year - violence is down by 80 percent, civilian deaths… — David Petraeus Copy Share Image
When we talk about carpet bombing ISIL, that's what it looks like, creating huge numbers of civilian casualties, which increases the numbers… — John R. Allen Copy Share Image
If you chase the market, it's not going to come to you. You have to have faith in yourself. I think one… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
Just as in policing there is an emphasis on civilians to help with paperwork, we must free up trained and experienced social… — Andy Sawford Copy Share Image
The line that connects the bombing of civilian populations to the mountain removed by strip mining ... to the tortured prisoner seems… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
It is changing the face of terrorism. It is basically bringing it to the United States, to our great citizens. It is… — Hugh Shelton Copy Share Image
I think it is tragic that a situation should arise where civilians on any side are killed. But it is almost a… — Joe Slovo Copy Share Image
The Palestinians fight for their rights and their land using stones and catapults but the Israelis retaliate with disproportional and overwhelming power… — Bernard Membe Copy Share Image
There is nothing in ANC policy which calls for attacks on civilians in supermarkets, schools, and cinemas unless these are regarded as… — Oliver Tambo Copy Share Image
The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater than it had been before, and it… — Neil Sheehan Copy Share Image
Maybe we should always show pictures. Bin Laden, pictures of our wounded service people, pictures of maimed innocent civilians. We can only… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
A few months ago, and again this week, bin Laden publicly vowed to publicly wage a terrorist war against America, saying, and… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Most of the population in America is disenfranchised. It doesn't matter what they think. Just look at the passionate rhetoric about how… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We are at war to liberate Iraq, to protect the people of the United States and other countries from the devastating impact… — Paul Cellucci Copy Share Image
The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
The one way, possibly, out of this is for [Bashar] Assad to abdicate and plead, perhaps to Russia or somewhere else. Would… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
For us to ignore by inaction the slaughter of American civilians and American soldiers, whether in nightclubs or airline terminals, is simply… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also… — Feisal Abdul Rauf Copy Share Image
The institutions founded 'to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war' have failed. Since the end of WW2, some thirty million… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
It's frequently said that there is 'no reason' for such 'military-style weapons' as the Bushmaster to be available to citizens. But isn't… — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
U.S. Government propaganda tries to give the impression that aerial bombardment achieves near-surgical accuracy, so that military targets can be destroyed with… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Secondly, the Government of Sudan should commit to the disarmament and control of the Janjaweed militia and ensure that the targeting of… — Jan Egeland Copy Share Image
It should not be hard to say that Vladimir Putin's military has conducted war crimes in Aleppo because it is never acceptable… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
![“From our side, from our part as government, we have two missions: the first one is to fight those terrorists to liberate that area [eastern part of Aleppo] and the civilians from those terrorists, and at the same time to try to find a solution to evacuate that area from those terrorists if they…” quote by Bashar al-Assad](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/2e3/bashar-al-assad-1027_accepting_from-our-side-from-our-part-as-governmen_1904712.jpg)
![“With all this talk about the supposed strain in relations [with the Soviet Union], there is an inference that somehow it is our fault. But we didn't kill Russian civilians by shooting down a civilian airplane. We didn't attempt to conquer an adjacent country to ours. We didn't walk out on…” quote by Ronald Reagan](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8ac/ronald-reagan-119_airplane_with-all-this-talk-about-the-supposed-st_2183576.jpg)
![“How can you claim infallibility and claim that in these 114 [drone] strikes there was just one mistake -- one person killed that was a civilian -- and at the same time say, 'Well, we don't really know how many people were killed or who they were, but we know they weren't civilians'? I don't know…” quote by Richard Engel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1e0/richard-engel-3133_can-do_how-can-you-claim-infallibility-and-clai_2905561.jpg)
![“The one way, possibly, out of this is for [Bashar] Assad to abdicate and plead, perhaps to Russia or somewhere else. Would save another wave of civilian casualties if we could get him to abdicate.” quote by Rand Paul](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/5c1/rand-paul-606_assad_the-one-way-possibly-out-of-this-is-for_2248070.jpg)
