Civilians Quotes · Page 4

Certainly, the murder of civilians for political statement did not just begin on September 11, 2001.

— Cliff Stearns

The task [in Afghanistan] is to reduce civilian casualties while still not hesitating to respond to enemies who are trying to kill…

— David Petraeus

“More than ever, we ordinary civilians are the foot soldiers in the war on terrorism.”

— Chris Bird

“Because deep down to the army a wounded soldier that can’t fight anymore is garbage. So we depend on civilians, and civilians…

— Lee Child

I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement.

— Rachel Dolezal

You need the will to disarm the civilian population. If we can do it in Somalia, we can do it here.

— Mary McGrory

Historically, when a leader has deployed his own military against civilians, it's never been good. There's never been a time where it's…

— Naomi Wolf

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

— Abhijit Naskar

My mission is to lead the country out of a bad situation of corruption, depression and slavery. After I rid the country…

— Idi Amin

The technical genius which could find answers ... was not cooped up in military or civilian bureaucracy, but was to be found…

— Henry H. Arnold

We know broadly from research is that religiosity does not correlate with sympathy for terrorism. It's actually quite the opposite. The more…

— Chuck Todd

Contrary to what some believe, taking all reasonable and feasible precautions to protect civilians - and mitigating the resulting anger when we…

— Patrick Leahy

Twenty-first century war adds new risks: more and more often there are no front lines, no central command, no rules of engagement…

— Nancy Gibbs

I've always had a lot of time for servicemen. Yet there's been this bad relationship between civilians and the armed services. We…

— Ross Kemp

The tragedy of civil wars in countries like Angola and Mozambique is that they left many civilians maimed. Poverty is the reason…

— Miriam Makeba

Looked at objectively, it is clear that the overwhelming majority of civilian deaths resulting from political violence are produced by what should…

— Richard A. Falk

Well, one thing that has changed is the number of people killed by terrorists in Pakistan. Civilians killed has gone down really…

— Mohsin Hamid

People in the United States don't like to hear it, but puritanical Islam has been on the rise because of our unequivocal…

— Khaled Abou El Fadl

In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I watched helplessly as the Bush administration led America into a…

— Ricardo Sanchez

I was after a set of pictures, so that when people looked at them they would say, ‘This is war’-that the people…

— W. Eugene Smith

If you are doing a piece about somebody, even if you admire them tremendously and express that in the piece, express that…

— Joan Didion

There was an assumption that aerial bombing of civilians in World War II would cause fragile, working-class people to basically have nervous…

— Rebecca Solnit

Fourth, we will continue providing humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians who have been displaced by this terrorist organization. This includes Sunni and…

— Barack Obama

Land mines, torture equipment, cluster bombs, chemical weapons are weapons designed to inflict pain and death on human beings. Most victims are…

— Jose Ramos-Horta

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

— Boaz Ganor

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

— Alexander Suvorov

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

— Medea Benjamin

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

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

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

— Alan Carr

“Lions don't leave society in the hands of government. Government is second in command - civilians, chief commander.”

— Abhijit Naskar

I felt that it was an unnecessary loss of civilian life... We had them beaten. They hadn't enough food, they couldn't do…

— Chester W. Nimitz

I have issued instructions that while handling the situation in Upper Assam innocent civilians should not be harassed.

— Sonia Gandhi

At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

— Anonymous

Osama bin Laden's own words stated he has a war against the United States. He declared that American civilians should be considered…

— Cofer Black

Duarte is a moderate when it comes to civilian control of the military and curbing death squads. On economics, the man is…

— Steve Forbes

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

— Widad Akrawi