Civilians Quote by Peter T. King

In the past I have defended the right of the IRA to engage in armed struggle. I did so because there was no alternative…

— Gerry Adams

The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater than it had been before, and it was very…

— Neil Sheehan

But that citizen's perception was also at one with the truth in recognizing that the very brutality of the means by which the IRA…

— Seamus Heaney

What's crucial is that the IRA produce a credible statement that paramilitary and criminality activity is a thing of the past. That they are…

— Peter Hain

“I disagreed with the conduct of the war, with bombing civilians, categorizing everyone as the enemy or simply as armed men, with the racism…

— Joe Glenton

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

— Max Boot

“I was unable to take the professional view that all successful actions were gains. Our rebels were not materials, like soldiers, but friends of…

— T.E.Lawrence

Military metaphors are rarely exact, but sending Republicans against Democrats when the issue hangs in the balance is nearly always as futile as sending…

— Wesley Pruden

National defense is the usual pretext for the policy of fleecing the people.

— John Taylor of Caroline

You could count on the fingers of one hand the number of people in the north who said to me, 'When did you leave…

— Martin McGuinness

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

— Gijs de Vries

“These and similar moments from our military’s past were on my mind as the enemy in Iraq appeared ever more sinister. I sought to…

— Stanley McChrystal