Civilians Quotes
161 quotes by 138 authors
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Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is why we despise war.
— John O. Brennan
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Warfare against civilians must never be answered in kind. Terror must never be answered with terror.
— Caleb Carr
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Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
— Noam Chomsky
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It is changing the face of terrorism. It is basically bringing it to the United States, to our great citizens. We know the terrorists are…
— Hugh Shelton
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...The very nature of interstate war puts innocent civilians into great jeopardy, especially with modern technology.
— Murray Rothbard
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Terrorism constitutes a direct attack on the values the UN stands for: the rule of law; the protection of civilians; peaceful resolution of conflicts; and…
— Kofi Annan
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There are far more statues of soldiers out there than there are of civilians.
— George Armstrong Custer
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There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war itself. Add to this the…
— Philip Caputo
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These mercenaries and hirelings kidnapped civilians in the Al-Faw Peninsula so that they might claim that they captured Iraqi soldiers.
— Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
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When we helped prevent the massacre of civilians trapped on a distant mountain, here's what one of them said: "We owe our American friends our…
— Barack Obama
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Fourth, we will continue providing humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians who have been displaced by this terrorist organization. This includes Sunni and Shia Muslims who…
— Barack Obama
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The rulling to kill the Americans and their allies - civilians and military - is an individual duty for every Muslim who can do it…
— Osama bin Laden
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The war against terrorism should not be used to interfere with an independent, sovereign state.We need to identify concrete terrorist targets and do no harm…
— Nong ?uc Manh
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The gas-cylinders had by this time been put into position on the front line. A special order came round imposing severe penalties on anyone who…
— Robert Graves
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Land mines, torture equipment, cluster bombs, chemical weapons are weapons designed to inflict pain and death on human beings. Most victims are civilians, women and…
— Jose Ramos-Horta
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The proliferation of right-to-carry laws throughout the states has drawn plaintive complaints from the criminal element. They feel that it makes their profession too dangerous…
— Jeff Cooper
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American strategists have calculated the proportion of civilians killed in this century's major wars. In the First World War, 5 percent of those killed were…
— Colin Ward
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The only place you and I disagree is with regard to the bombing. You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I (in contrast) don't…
— Richard M. Nixon
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The institutions founded 'to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war' have failed. Since the end of WW2, some thirty million people have been…
— George Monbiot
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With the indiscriminate nature of modern military technology (no such thing as a "smart bomb," it turns out) all wars are wars against civilians, and…
— Howard Zinn
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