Civilians Quotes - Page 3

• When carrying a concealed weapon for self-defense
  is understood NOT as a failure of civil society,
  to be mourned,
  but as an act of citizenship,
  to be vaunted,
  there is little civilian life left.

  Jill Lepore

  Self, Defense, Littles

  "Battleground America". www.newyorker.com. April 23, 2012.

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  World War III is a guerrilla information war with no division between military and civilian participation.

  Marshall McLuhan

  Military, War, Division

  Marshall McLuhan (2015). “Culture Is Our Business”, p.66, Wipf and Stock Publishers

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• I believe the United States should make the protection of Syrian civilians from war crimes and crimes against humanity a higher priority.

  Bob Casey, Jr.

  War, Believe, Priorities

  "Democratic Senator Urges White House to do More on Syria" by Ali Weinberg, abcnews.go.com. September 22, 2015.

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• If you are doing a piece about somebody, even if you admire them tremendously and express that in the piece, express that admiration, if they're not used to being written about, if they're civilians, [...] they're not used to seeing themselves through other people's eyes. So you will always see them from a slightly different angle than they see themselves, and they feel a little betrayed by that.

  Joan Didion

  Eye, People, Different

  Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. June 3, 2006.

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• All those involved in the firebombing of Tokyo .. were war criminals interviews recorded in the movie The Fog of War.. the firebombing of Tokyo occurred before the atom bombs.. 100,000 civilians died in one night from American bombs.. 500,000 altogether over several days say some.

  Robert McNamara

  Country, War, Night

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• Certainly, the murder of civilians for political statement did not just begin on September 11, 2001.

  Cliff Stearns

  Political, September 11, Murder

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• I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.

  Tom Paulin

  Thinking, Facts, Boost

  "Death to Jewish settlers, says anti-Zionist poet" by Sarah Hall, www.theguardian.com. April 12, 2002.

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• By the 1980s, practically no one under 60 in the real civilian world wore hats for anything except weddings, funerals or Ascot. Hats had been in competition with hair, and hair had won. Thirty years before that, Brits of all classes and ages wore hats all the time.

  Peter York

  Real, Class, Hair

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• Israel is in the midst of a difficult military and diplomatic campaign against terrorists. An organisation that works to prove allegations that Israel is committing war crimes should be so good as to do so with its own resources and not with civilian national service volunteers and state funds.

  Uri Orbach

  Military, War, Israel

  "Israel bans national service with rights group B'Tselem in Gaza row" by Orlando Crowcroft, www.theguardian.com. August 15, 2014.

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• I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement.

  Rachel Dolezal

  Law, Justice, Enforcement

  "Former NAACP leader in Washington state could face firing from police panel". www.businessinsider.com. June 18, 2015.

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• We checked carefully the international law - what does a nation do when terrorists are using civilians to defend their life, as a shelter. And they say you do not have a choice.

  Shimon Peres

  Law, Choices, Doe

  "Dateline" with George Negus, www.sbs.com.au.

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• In 30 minutes, at high noon, more than 200 civilians are killed. Zionism carries out a massacre in the city of Lydda.

  Ari Shavit

  Cities, Noon, Massacres

  "My Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel". Book by Ari Shavit, November 19, 2013.

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• The only rule Muslims know is to win. It does not matter how. All rules can be broken as long as they win the war. They can lie, they can deceive, they can break their treaties as Muhammad did, they can ambush or use terror, assassinate, massacre the children and bomb civilians. Muslims can even kill each other as long as this improves their chance of winning.

  Ali Sina

  Children, Lying, War

  Source: myislam.dk

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• Veteran art creates a meeting place between veterans and civilians, or simply between veterans with different experiences.

  Phil Klay

  Art, Different Experiences, Veteran

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• Wars damage the civilian society as much as they damage the enemy. Soldiers never get over it.

  Paul Fussell

  War, Soldier, Enemy

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• The role of Iran has been very destructive. As an Iranian, I apologize to the civilian people of Syria who have been killed as a result of the useless intervention of Iran in Syria.

  Shirin Ebadi

  Iran, People, Roles

  "Iran’s Nobel Peace Laureate Speaks From Exile". Interview with Bryan Schatz, www.motherjones.com. February 29, 2016.

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• I messed up on the Vietnam Special, because I gave it to civilians? Only military men can handle that.

  Si Robertson

  Military, Men, Special

  Source: www.gq.com

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• If Americans were attacked, it does change the equation. The problem is, is that with regard to this is there've been horrendous killings of civilians with conventional weapons.

  Rand Paul

  Weapons, Doe, Problem

  "Rand Paul On Syria: 'I Think There's Evil On Both Sides'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. September 11, 2013.

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• I think if Russia is really an honest signatory to the chemical weapons ban, if Syria wants to be, ultimately someone has to be responsible for killing civilians. And that's the hard part out of this.

  Rand Paul

  Thinking, Russia, Want

  "Rand Paul On Syria: 'I Think There's Evil On Both Sides'". "Tell Me More" with Michel Martin, www.npr.org. September 11, 2013.

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• The Iraq war is a huge subject and there have been many films about it. But it was when the private contractors started taking over and taking responsibilities from the regular army, which hides the war. You have these private armies of mercenaries acting with immunity for their actions, the worst of which was the Blackwater case where they killed 17 Iraqi civilians and the guys who did it just went home. We [screenwriter Paul Laverty and Loach] felt this deserved a story.

  Ken Loach

  War, Home, Responsibility

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• Secondly, the Government of Sudan should commit to the disarmament and control of the Janjaweed militia and ensure that the targeting of civilians ceases immediately.

  Jan Egeland

  Government, Should, Disarmament

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• Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and reach a ceasefire.

  Jan Egeland

  Party, Calling, Ceasefire

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• In Leading with Honor, Lee uses gripping stories from the POW camps to engage the reader and teach invaluable principles of leadership. I highly recommend this book for developing leaders at all levels in any organization, military of civilian.

  William R. Looney III

  Military, Book, Organization

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• By citing the UN Charter I indicate that the defensive party to the conflict should use only proportionate force, try to avoid civilian casualties, and end combat operations as soon as possible. These are provisions recognized by almost all authorities on international jurisprudence.

  Bhikkhu Bodhi

  Party, Trying, Jurisprudence

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• The United States that has been involved first in the Gulf War and then in the tremendously damaging sanctions against Iraqi civilians. The United States that is the supporter of Israel against the Palestinians.

  Edward Said

  War, Israel, United States

  Source: www.progressive.org

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