A Quote by Peter Maurer

The abuse of civilians and combatants has existed since the dawn of time.

Peter Maurer

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Abuse Civilians Dawn Existed Since Time

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Peter Maurer
Swiss - Activist
Born: 1956

If I have to reduce all of the laws of war into a single sentence, it is this. You divide the world into two, combatants and noncombatants. You can attack deliberately combatants, but not deliberately noncombatants. Israel acts that way. It attacks combatants and accidentally kills noncombatants. But in the case of the terrorists, it's the exact opposite. They deliberately attack combatants - noncombatants, civilians, deliberately.

Benjamin Netanyahu

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.

Sean MacBride

Osama bin Laden's own words stated he has a war against the United States. He declared that American civilians should be considered as combatants.

Cofer Black

Peace is a fulltime job. It's protecting civilians, overseeing elections, and disarming ex-combatants. Peace, like war, must be waged.

George Clooney

As spirits we have always existed in a generalized form, since we are all part of the universe. As individual spirits, we have existed for a timeless time.

Frederick Lenz

Hamas hides among unwitting civilians, who have no way of controlling its activities. This fact does not give Israel the right to kill innocent non-combatants, not even unintentionally. Besides, murder is not "unintentional" when you know it is inevitable.

Ilana Mercer

If civilians are going to be killed, I would rather have them be their civilians than our civilians.

Stuart Symington

There's this talk that we're asking soldiers to make the greatest sacrifice, but the reality is that civilians bear the burden of war more than the combatants. You're much more likely to get accidentally blown up or killed by a death squad than you are to die in a firefight.

Michael Hastings

And there's this talk that we're asking soldiers to make the greatest sacrifice, but the reality is that civilians bear the burden of war more than the combatants. You're much more likely to get accidentally blown up or killed by a death squad than you are to die in a firefight.

Michael Hastings

[Barack] Obama believes you can hold enemy combatants, unlawful enemy combatants at Gitmo without a criminal trial because this is law of war detention.

Chris Matthews

As regards the presentation of musical ideas, obviously rules of order soon appeared. Such rules of order have existed since music has existed and since musical ideas have been presented... So we shall try to put our finger on the laws that must be at the bottom of this.

Anton Webern

Crowdfunding as an idea itself isn't new - bands have been doing it since the dawn of time.

Amanda Palmer

I was only following orders," the Mayor mocks. "The refuge of scoundrels since the dawn of time.

Patrick Ness

This China trade deal is basically like the Bobby Knight of trade deals. You know, you abuse, you abuse, you abuse, and then they say 'Well, OK, we'll let you try one more time.'