48 Quotes About Civilians

  • Author Peter Lanteri
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    After 9-11, the President said he wanted civilians to be the eyes and ears of law enforcement. .. Well, to me, that's exactly what we're doing.

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  • Author Ian Martin
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    This is the moment when the leadership of CPN (Maoist) must give clear and public instructions to its cadres to end all abductions of civilians, must release any other civilians still held after being abducted, and must ensure that those instructions are followed.

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  • Author Juan Mendez
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    The situation is unraveling ... and if it comes apart, the danger to civilians will be very great.

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  • Author Sean MacBride
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    It is a rule of international law that weapons and methods of warfare which do not discriminate between combatants and civilians should never be used.

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  • Author Anja Niedringhaus
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    In my 20 years as a photographer, covering conflicts from Bosnia to Gaza to Iraq to Afghanistan, injured civilians and soldiers have passed through my life many times.

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  • Author Timothy Noah
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    The Pentagon got fed up with its recruits getting ripped off by payday lenders and in 2007 got Congress to make it illegal to extend such loans to members of the military. But civilians remain fair game.

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  • Author Mahmoud Othman
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    Everyone is nervous. The security situation is not good. There are so many explosions at the checkpoints and near the convoys. The Americans are afraid. And when the driver doesn't see them, it happens sometimes that civilians are killed. It is a tragedy that most of the victims are civilians. It is making life more difficult. But this is our situation. It is very dangerous.

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