Difficult Quote by Patrick Leahy

If civilians are going to be killed, I would rather have them be their civilians than our civilians.

— Stuart Symington

I remain troubled by the deliberate killing of civilians, whether by the United States or by its enemies.

— Max Boot

Contrary to what some believe, taking all reasonable and feasible precautions to protect civilians - and mitigating the resulting anger when we harm them…

— Patrick Leahy

Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in peacetime.

— Gijs de Vries

There are no innocent civilians, so it doesn't bother me so much to be killing innocent bystanders.

— Curtis LeMay

Sometimes violence cannot be stopped no matter what we do. But the more peaceful we are, the better chance we have of bringing out…

— Judith Orloff

If anybody attacks us we will readjust and mobilise ourselves for action immediately. That will be the end of the ceasefire if it happens…

— Robert Mugabe

We will defend ourselves, and we have full rights to do so. If the authorities try to destroy us, we have the right to…

— Sergei Udaltsov

No, the United States does not target civilians.

— Anonymous

We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.

— Rachel Corrie

The more we try to fix the security situation, the more we will drive these people, particularly the Pashtun, into implacable opposition. And whether…

— Pierre Sprey

“One of the most damaging, longest-lasting consequences of the War on Terror years is an utter obliteration of the obvious moral case for nonviolence.…

— Omar El Akkad