Civilians Quote by Alan Dershowitz

It would be easy to define terrorism as attacks against human rights and international humanitarian law forbids attacks against innocent non-combatants which is often…

— Joichi Ito

The definition of terrorism is killing civilians with the intent of changing their political affiliation.

— Caleb Carr

“Collateral damage' is what it's called when innocent people are killed during war. It is expected and is irrelevant as long as a mission…

— John Lee

Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.

— Noam Chomsky

Terrorism is simply the weapon by which the weak engage the strong.

— Ted Koppel

The commonly accepted definition of terrorism is that it is politically motivated violence directed at civilians by entities other than a state. These kind…

— Peter Bergen

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

— Boaz Ganor

Today's terrorists are pursuing a distinct route. They are increasingly attacking civilians in symbolic targets, such as those of economic importance, or venues of…

— Cliff Stearns

"Terrorism" is what we call the violence of the weak, and we condemn it; "war" is what we call the violence of the strong,…

— Sydney J. Harris

The terrorism of the suicide bomber and the terrorism of aerial bombardment are indeed morally equivalent. To say otherwise (as either side might) is…

— Howard Zinn

So far, the official definitions of terrorism have the role of demonizing the enemies of the United States and Israel, and of sanitizing recourse…

— Richard A. Falk

What's the definition of terrorism? It's to achieve an objective through the use of force and fear. These are just nasty, evil, disgusting human…

— Tim Kennedy