We civilians defend our own right to free speech. The…

We checked carefully the international law - what does a nation do when terrorists are using civilians to defend their life, as a shelter.…

— Shimon Peres

Donald Trump in Philadelphia, and he's delivering a very substantive speech on military preparedness, the status of the current military. He detailed the deterioration…

— Rush Limbaugh

I wouldn't characterize anybody who fought in Vietnam as a war hero. In 23 bombing sorties, there must have been civilians that were killed…

— Medea Benjamin

The steep decline in America's image and standing after 9/11 is a direct reflection of global distaste for the instruments of American hard power:…

— Shashi Tharoor

But people turn on their televisions. They turn on their televisions and they see what's happening in Iraq. The American people are not stupid.…

— Joe Biden

[General Curtis] LeMay recognized that what he was doing would be thought immoral if his side has lost. But what makes it immoral if…

— Robert McNamara

For all the civilians saved thanks to the presence of peacekeepers, there have been those who were lost - the United Nations personnel who…

— Jan Eliasson

The other thing we did as government is to open gates for the civilians to leave that [ eastern part] area [in Aleppo], and…

— Bashar al-Assad

There's been a systematic propagandizing of American citizens for 30 years to make us forget what America is supposed to be and what our…

— Naomi Wolf

Be kindly and just in your dealings with your men. Never play favorites. Make them feel that justice tempered with mercy may always be…

— John A. Lejeune

Well, the U.N. Security Council resolution 1973 is very clear. It says all necessary measures to be taken to protect civilians and civilian areas.…

— Mike Jackson

Some of my best sources are ex-policemen, just to get a feeling of what it's like to be one. And it's quite different from…

— Terry Pratchett

My aunt and uncle are clearly civilians.

— Jimmy Kimmel

The proliferation of right-to-carry laws throughout the states has drawn plaintive complaints from the criminal element. They feel that it makes their profession too…

— Jeff Cooper

UN peacekeeping operations are now increasingly complex and multi-dimensional, going beyond monitoring a ceasefire to actually bringing failed States back to life, often after…

— Kofi Annan