"Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot……" — Tom Clancy

"Civilians listened to officers, which said a lot about the intelligence of civilians."

105 Quotes by Tom Clancy

Tom Clancy has 105 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.
The control of information is something the elite always does, particularly in a despotic form of government. Information, knowledge, is…
The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into…
Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need…
Never ask what sort of computer a guy drives. If he's a Mac user, he'll tell you. If not, why…
I've made up stuff that's turned out to be real, that's the spooky part.
Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer.
I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of…
In battle, you forgive a man anything except an unwillingness to take risks. Sometimes you have to put it on…
Whenever somebody comes up with a good idea, there's somebody else who has never had a good idea in his…
The good old days are now.
In the Soviet Union it was illegal to take a photograph of a train station. Look what happened to them.…

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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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