48 Quotes About Civilians

Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively.

made more heinous in that they deliberately targeted innocent civilians preparing for holiday celebrations.

It is their duty to protect humanitarian operations and civilians in their immediate vicinity,

We of course have no interest in striking civilians and are always sorry over civilians who were struck,

I got drunk that night in Honolulu, and we had some celebration. I went to the nearest joint I could find. Soldiers and sailors paid for nothing. Civilians paid for everything, picked up all our tabs. They loved us. The town was ours.

There are many weapons that have been distributed to civilians and there are factions who don't want to lose power and who'd do anything including inciting ethnic violence to stop the electoral process. The only way to ensure stability during the elections is to actually have troops on the ground.

There is a limit on our resources and the priorities we have are protecting civilians and supporting the transitional process.

Only the deployment of sufficient numbers of troops with logistical support by UN member states will provide the protection that the civilians so desperately need.

We don't target any civilians with any of our weapons. And to suggest that U.S. forces were targeting civilians with these weapons would simply be wrong.