Changed Quote by Jimmy Carter

We need to understand that the Geneva Conventions are not just some historical documents born of another time, created for another purpose.

— Peter Maurer

Take the American declaration of Independence. It contains no mention of territorial limits. We are not obliged to fix the limits of the State.

— Moshe Dayan

The occupied territories and the movement of settlements - moving people today off of their property and claiming it - is illegal.

— Jonathan Demme

In short, it may be said that on paper the obligations to settle international disputes peacefully are now so comprehensive and far-reaching that it…

— Arthur Henderson

The right place for the League of Nations is not Geneva or the Hague, Ascher Ginsberg has dreamed of a Temple on Mount Zion…

— Ahad Ha'am

If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say?

— Anonymous

I'm very much tied to the state of Israel, but I am against their policy of settlements in Palestine.

— Zubin Mehta

In my judgement, this new paradigm renders obsolete Geneva's strict limitations on questioning of enemy prisoners and renders quaint some of its provisions.

— Alberto Gonzales

It is also worth asking whether the strict limitations of Geneva make sense in a war against terrorists.

— John Yoo

Setting out rules for waging war (the Geneva Convention).

— Paulo Coelho

No treaty or international agreement can contravene the Constitution.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

I state in no uncertain terms: An order to uproot an Arab village or a Jewish settlement violates the most basic of human rights...…

— Naftali Bennett