--- title: "9 Civilian deaths Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Civilian deaths quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Civilian deaths sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/benjamin-netanyahu-2269_civilian-deaths_hamas-is-responsible-and-hamas-should-he_2969804.jpg" --- > [Hamas is responsible and Hamas should held accountable for civilian deaths.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-netanyahu/hamas-is-responsible-and-hamas-should-held-accountable-for-civilian/) [Benjamin Netanyahu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-netanyahu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/benjamin-netanyahu-2269_civilian-deaths_hamas-is-responsible-and-hamas-should-he_2969804.jpg) > [When it comes to civilian deaths, violent hostilities play no favorites.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-conyers/when-it-comes-to-civilian-deaths-violent-hostilities-play-no-favorites/) [John Conyers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-conyers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/john-conyers-16217_civilian_when-it-comes-to-civilian-deaths-violent_1484960.png) > [There has, indeed, been very substantial progress in Iraq over the past year - violence is down by 80 percent, civilian deaths…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-petraeus/there-has-indeed-been-very-substantial-progress-in-iraq-over-the-past/) [David Petraeus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-petraeus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/david-petraeus-11182_civilian-deaths_there-has-indeed-been-very-substantial-p_1426643.png) > [Looked at objectively, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of civilian deaths resulting from political violence are produced by what should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-a-falk/looked-at-objectively-it-is-clear-that-the-overwhelming-majority-of/) [Richard A. Falk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-a-falk/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d73/richard-a-falk-8295_civilian-deaths_looked-at-objectively-it-is-clear-that-t_1451206.jpg) > [Iraq has been successfully demonized as if everybody who lives there is Saddam Hussein. In the build-up to this attack on Iraq,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pilger/iraq-has-been-successfully-demonized-as-if-everybody-who-lives-there/) [John Pilger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pilger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/437/john-pilger-10261_civilian-deaths_iraq-has-been-successfully-demonized-as_2527057.jpg) > [As Churchill said about the Great War, and he said this in about 1924, that it was the first war in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-winspear/as-churchill-said-about-the-great-war-and-he-said-this-in-about-1924/) [Jacqueline Winspear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-winspear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/152/jacqueline-winspear-9117_accounts_as-churchill-said-about-the-great-war-an_1881219.png) > [“The standard argument is that civilian deaths in Afghanistan were the regrettable consequence of military action that was needed to destroy Al…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-curtis/the-standard-argument-is-that-civilian-deaths-in-afghanistan-were-the/) [Mark Curtis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-curtis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90a/mark-curtis-66270_civilian-deaths_the-standard-argument-is-that-civilian-d_2718946.jpg) > [Well, one thing that has changed is the number of people killed by terrorists in Pakistan. Civilians killed has gone down really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/well-one-thing-that-has-changed-is-the-number-of-people-killed-by/) [Mohsin Hamid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mohsin-hamid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/mohsin-hamid-798_articles_well-one-thing-that-has-changed-is-the-n_1099056.jpg) > [“Luis Moreno Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, wrote in 2006: “International humanitarian law and the Rome statute permit belligerents…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/luis-moreno-ocampo-chief-prosecutor-of-the-international-criminal/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/anonymous-1_civilian-deaths_luis-moreno-ocampo-chief-prosecutor-of-t_2984915.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilian-deaths/#itemlist", "name": "Civilian deaths Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Hamas is responsible and Hamas should held accountable for civilian deaths.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Benjamin Netanyahu" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-netanyahu/hamas-is-responsible-and-hamas-should-held-accountable-for-civilian/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/benjamin-netanyahu-2269_civilian-deaths_hamas-is-responsible-and-hamas-should-he_2969804.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/benjamin-netanyahu-2269_civilian-deaths_hamas-is-responsible-and-hamas-should-he_2969804.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/benjamin-netanyahu-2269_civilian-deaths_hamas-is-responsible-and-hamas-should-he_2969804.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Hamas is responsible and Hamas should held accountable for civilian deaths.” — Benjamin Netanyahu", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "When it comes to civilian deaths, violent hostilities play no favorites.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Conyers" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-conyers/when-it-comes-to-civilian-deaths-violent-hostilities-play-no-favorites/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/john-conyers-16217_civilian_when-it-comes-to-civilian-deaths-violent_1484960.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/john-conyers-16217_civilian_when-it-comes-to-civilian-deaths-violent_1484960.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/712/john-conyers-16217_civilian_when-it-comes-to-civilian-deaths-violent_1484960.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When it comes to civilian deaths, violent hostilities play no favorites.” — John Conyers", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There has, indeed, been very substantial progress in Iraq over the past year - violence is down by 80 percent, civilian deaths by about the same, and so on.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Petraeus" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-petraeus/there-has-indeed-been-very-substantial-progress-in-iraq-over-the-past/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/david-petraeus-11182_civilian-deaths_there-has-indeed-been-very-substantial-p_1426643.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/david-petraeus-11182_civilian-deaths_there-has-indeed-been-very-substantial-p_1426643.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/845/david-petraeus-11182_civilian-deaths_there-has-indeed-been-very-substantial-p_1426643.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There has, indeed, been very substantial progress in Iraq over the past year - violence is down by 80…” — David Petraeus", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Looked at objectively, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of civilian deaths resulting from political violence are produced by what should be understood as \"state terror.\" Terrorism also serves as an excuse to avoid diplomacy and the peaceful resolution of conflict.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richard A. 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But this is a spurious argument since it is obvious that Al Qaida is a decentralised network. The counterargument – that bombing Afghanistan has made it more likely that terrorists will attack – is equally plausible. 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Civilians killed has gone down really quite dramatically. There was a newspaper article here about a month ago that got big headlines which said that civilian deaths from terrorism were down something like 80 percent or 90 percent from their peak of two or three years ago.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mohsin Hamid" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mohsin-hamid/well-one-thing-that-has-changed-is-the-number-of-people-killed-by/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/mohsin-hamid-798_articles_well-one-thing-that-has-changed-is-the-n_1099056.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/mohsin-hamid-798_articles_well-one-thing-that-has-changed-is-the-n_1099056.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f0/mohsin-hamid-798_articles_well-one-thing-that-has-changed-is-the-n_1099056.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Well, one thing that has changed is the number of people killed by terrorists in Pakistan. 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A crime occurs if there is an intentional attack directed against civilians (principle of distinction) ... or an attack is launched on a military objective in the knowledge that the incidental civilian injuries would be clearly excessive in relation to the anticipated military advantage (principle of proportionality).”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/luis-moreno-ocampo-chief-prosecutor-of-the-international-criminal/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/anonymous-1_civilian-deaths_luis-moreno-ocampo-chief-prosecutor-of-t_2984915.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/anonymous-1_civilian-deaths_luis-moreno-ocampo-chief-prosecutor-of-t_2984915.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e41/anonymous-1_civilian-deaths_luis-moreno-ocampo-chief-prosecutor-of-t_2984915.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Luis Moreno Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, wrote in 2006: “International…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilian-deaths/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilian-deaths/", "name": "Civilian deaths Quotes", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilian-deaths/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bbb/benjamin-netanyahu-2269_civilian-deaths_hamas-is-responsible-and-hamas-should-he_2969804.jpg" }, "description": "Browse 9 Civilian deaths quotes by 9 authors. 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