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When it comes to civilian deaths, violent hostilities play no favorites. — John Conyers
We want to look at how we would respond because, as hard as we work to prevent terrorist attacks here North America, if we have… — Paul Cellucci
The danger for a comedian on Twitter is the same danger that any civilian faces: sometimes you gotta put that phone down and go live… — Rob Delaney
Much as soldiers come back, they've been in combat or the edge of it and suddenly that adjustment back to civilian life is a real… — Mark Dayton
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. I… — Mike Jackson
The technical genius which could find answers ... was not cooped up in military or civilian bureaucracy, but was to be found in universities and… — Henry H. Arnold
In high school, I had to hide my comic book side, my nerd side from the civilian world so they wouldn't categorize me. They would… — Mark Hamill
By the 1980s, practically no one under 60 in the real civilian world wore hats for anything except weddings, funerals or Ascot. Hats had been… — Peter York
You've got to forget about this civilian. Whenever you drop bombs, you're going to hit civilians. — Barry Goldwater
In early 1961 a new president, John F. Kennedy, was told by military leaders and civilian officials that the Kingdom of Laos - of no… — Jeff Greenfield
I am the first Egyptian civilian president elected democratically, freely, following a great, peaceful revolution. — Mohammed Morsi
There is no reason for a civilian to have an automatic weapon. — Michael Nutter
We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a… — Barack Obama
The administration says, then, there are no downsides or upsides to treating terrorists like civilian criminal defendants, but a lot of us would beg to… — Sarah Palin
As a civilian during the Second War, I was exposed to danger in circumstances which removed any distinction between the man in and the man… — Lester B. Pearson
When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control. — Donald Rumsfeld
The Secretary of Defense is not a super General or Admiral. His task is to exercise civilian control over the Department for the Commander-in-Chief and… — Donald Rumsfeld
Maybe the answer to Selective Service is to start everyone off in the army and draft them for civilian life as needed. — Bill Vaughan
I don't have to muzzle myself when I'm a civilian. When you're a governor, you kind of have to do it, because you represent the… — Jesse Ventura
As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation… — Allen West
A total of 1,580 people, the civilian population, suffered as a result of the bloody wave of terrorist acts that swept over Moscow and other… — Boris Yeltsin
Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could… — John Yoo
It has never demonstrated any desire to provide humane treatment to captured Americans. If anything, the murders of Nicholas Berg and Daniel Pearl declare al… — John Yoo
Synchronize watches at oh six hundred' says the infantry captain, and each of his huddled lieutenants finds respite from fear in the act of bringing… — Richard Yates
A story went the rounds about a San Franciscan white matron who refused to sit beside a Negro civilian on the streetcar, even after he… — Maya Angelou

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