"If civilians are going to be killed, I……" — Stuart Symington

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

15 Quotes by Stuart Symington

Stuart Symington has 15 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they…
Well over fifty years ago I was making radio loudspeakers and radio sets in Rochester, New York; pretty young and…
My father-in-law was once Chairman of Military Affairs in the Senate, the latter part of the Wilson Administrations. He knew…
Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I…
In real danger sometimes even a democracy can really keep a secret.
I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its…
I had learned many years ago in private business never to take responsibility without adequate authority; and the new Secretary…
The British were keen for 30 caliber guns, did not believe in daylight bombing. American experts said 30 caliber was…
But the Air Force was sort of a bastard child of the Army, much like the Marines with the Navy.…
Hardly had I left when we ran into the Korean war, doubled what I had asked for and doubled it…
It all went back to problems we had talked about before, you know, such as the British not believing in…
Sure, you would lose more bombers without fighters, but, flying in formation, you could get the job done.

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Yes, war is hell. It is awful. It involves human beings killing other human beings, sometimes innocent civilians. That is… — John O. Brennan
Warfare against civilians must never be answered in kind. Terror must never be answered with terror. — Caleb Carr
Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism. — Noam Chomsky
It is changing the face of terrorism. It is basically bringing it to the United States, to our great citizens.… — Hugh Shelton
...The very nature of interstate war puts innocent civilians into great jeopardy, especially with modern technology. — Murray Rothbard
Terrorism constitutes a direct attack on the values the UN stands for: the rule of law; the protection of civilians;… — Kofi Annan
There are far more statues of soldiers out there than there are of civilians. — George Armstrong Custer
There is the guilt all soldiers feel for having broken the taboo against killing, a guilt as old as war… — Philip Caputo
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
When we helped prevent the massacre of civilians trapped on a distant mountain, here's what one of them said: "We… — Barack Obama
Fourth, we will continue providing humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians who have been displaced by this terrorist organization. This includes… — Barack Obama
The rulling to kill the Americans and their allies - civilians and military - is an individual duty for every… — Osama bin Laden

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