The United States of course wants to follow the highest standards of conduct with regard to enemy combatants who follow the rules… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Military police know what to do, they know the Geneva Conventions, and their objective is to provide a safe, secure, fair environment… — Janis Karpinski Copy Share Image
“The institution of slavery was, for a quarter millennium, the conversion of human beings into currency, into machines who existed solely for… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
Those who say [Joseph] Padilla should get a civilian trial are essentially saying that if you reject the rules of civilized nations,… — Jonah Goldberg Copy Share Image
To me the fact that a Vice President can go to Capitol Hill and lobby for torture is just unbelievable. Just unbelievable!… — John Dean Copy Share Image
I hate high heels. Walking in high heels for eight hours a day should be forbidden by the Geneva Convention. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions… — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
Every single war that you see go down is illegal. They're breaking the Geneva Convention, and they're breakin' all kinds of sh*t… — Prodigy Copy Share Image
We need to understand that the Geneva Conventions are not just some historical documents born of another time, created for another purpose. — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
There was a war crimes trial because an American prisoner had been shot trying to escape. He had obviously been recaptured and… — Charles Guggenheim Copy Share Image
Not enough countries, not enough armies, not enough armed groups are abiding by the fundamental human values enshrined in the Geneva Conventions. — Peter Maurer Copy Share Image
The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
Our enemies didn't adhere to the Geneva Convention. Many of my comrades were subjected to very cruel, very inhumane and degrading treatment,… — John McCain Copy Share Image
“But no soldier above the rank of sergeant ever served jail time. No civilian interrogators ever faced legal proceedings. Nobody was ever… — Philip Gourevitch Copy Share Image
In 1945, peace broke out. It was the end of the Joke. Joke warfare was banned at a special session of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Competition is warfare. Mostly it is played by prescribed rules--there is a sort of Geneva Convention for competition--but it's thorough and often… — Andy Grove Copy Share Image
If you suspend the Geneva Conventions, give the green light to anything that will get intelligence, round up thousands all over the… — Andrew Sullivan Copy Share Image
“We’re loyal servants of the U.S. government. But Afghanistan involves fighting behind enemy lines. Never mind we were invited into a democratic… — Marcus Luttrell Copy Share Image
The United States is at war with the al Qaeda terrorist group. Al Qaeda is not a nation-state and it has not… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
However, the Department of Defense treats these detainees in accord with the Geneva Convention, even though that is not required because of… — Bill Shuster Copy Share Image
The Geneva Convention . . . says that there will be no outrages upon human dignity. It’s very vague. What does that… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
There are pros and cons about the policy decision whether to follow the Geneva Conventions in a war where they do not… — John Yoo Copy Share Image