Civilians Quote by Tariq Ramadan

Individuals have international duties which transcend the national obligations of obedience. Therefore individual citizens have the duty to violate domestic laws to prevent crimes…

— Edward Snowden

From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified.

— Gloria Steinem

“Heavy repression against the nonviolent defenders may also arouse stronger international opposition to the coup and mobilize inernational opinion and diplomatic and economic action…

— Gene Sharp

The principal instances of mass violence in the world today are those committed by governments within their own legally recognized borders.

— Susan Sontag

Violence is not to be undertaken by private persons. If a state or administration acts without due and visible attention to agreed international process,…

— Rowan Williams

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

— Gijs de Vries

One of the fundamental pillars of international humanitarian law is that proper distinction should be made between military targets and civilians. That is why…

— Emily Thornberry

If one mistreats citizens of foreign countries, one infringes upon one's duty toward one's own subjects; for thus one exposes themto the law of…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We must not descend to the level of those who perpetrated Tuesday's violence by targeting individuals based on their race, their religion, or their…

— John Ashcroft

The world must understand that it is the time to come together to address the root cause of the problem, and the problem is…

— George W. Bush

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

— Max Boot

Time and again we see leaders and members of religions incite aggression, fanaticism, hate, and xenophobia - even inspire and legitimate violent and bloody…

— Hans Kung