Top 466 Civilian Casualties Quotes & Sayings - Page 2

Uncalled-for aggression arouses the hatred of the civilian population.

Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human.

Shiloh had as many casualties as Waterloo, and yet there were another 20 Waterloos to come.

People just don't know what civilian prisoners of war are.

Our aim is always to minimise casualties and to separate a hardline Taliban from those who have been caught up in the insurgency.

I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror.

Every civilian's death diminishes us, collectively.

Let the soldier yield to the civilian.

Yet the march toward freedom is not without its hazards or its casualties and the threats of violence aimed at Iraqis who participate in the election will be dealt with accordingly.

Everyone should understand that getting good photos is paramount to everything. You have to do what it takes and often comfort and sleep are the first casualties of an assignment.

Laying siege to enemy-controlled cities allows attacking armies to keep their own casualties low by avoiding urban combat.

When the purge of teacher individualism is unrestrained, eccentricity, initiative and individuality become the casualties.

It's important. One of the principles in the United States is civilian control of the military.

When cutting staff at the Pentagon, don't eliminate the thin layer that assures civilian control.

To me, the only reason for guns in civilian hands is for sporting purposes.

The World War demonstrated the importance of Field Artillery. The majority of casualties were inflicted by the arm.

I think civilian Americans support the military very much.

I had no illusions about love anymore. It came, it went, it left casualties or it didn't. People weren't meant to be together forever, regardless of what the songs say.

It is a long-cherished tradition among a certain type of military thinker that huge casualties are the main thing. If they are on the other side then this is a valuable bonus.

There is no reason for a civilian to have an automatic weapon.

Military-assault weapons have no place in civilian hands.

Football's a war game without fatal casualties; baseball is a picnic on a huge field, without the food.

I'm a civilian, a citizen.

The world is a dangerous, unstable place and sometimes there are casualties and struggles for power.

Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning.

It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

I try to stay a civilian, to live as a human, not as a poet.

I'm a grenade and at some point I'm going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay?

We're giving them a real lesson today. Heavy doesn't accurately describe the level of casualties we have inflicted.

If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor of a military form of government.

The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides.

The message of Vietnam is not that Americans will not take casualties; it is that the American people do not want the lives of their sons and daughters wasted.

If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military.

If there's no other alternative, I support civilian trials for terrorists.

Progress is seldom simple; it comes with costs and casualties, even challenges about whether a change represents an advance or a retreat.

If there's anybody who's new to what I do, who maybe heard 'Liberation' or some of the songs off 'Epicloud' and thought, 'This is really cool, I could get into this,' you're going to hate 'Casualties.'

It is of first importance that the military be subordinate to civilian government

Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders.

It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.

Female beauties are as fickle in their faces as in their minds; though casualties should spare them, age brings in a necessity of decay.

Veteran causes are an extremely important issue, especially the transition from military to civilian life.

We never destroyed anything major, but there were a few small casualties. A couple of lamps were sacrificed.

One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.

Don't take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties.

It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

Their casualties and bodies are many. Their equipment and vehicles, several were destroyed.

You need the will to disarm the civilian population. If we can do it in Somalia, we can do it here.

The alternative to peace is war, which will expose everyone to mass casualties, misery and a loss of perspective for many years to come.

The escalation to attack undefended civilian targets is just a classic illustration of terrorism.

My plan was to land in Red Square, but there were too many people and I thought I'd cause casualties.

There is a language barrier between vets and the civilian population. They speak different languages.

After I was discharged from the military, it was difficult trying to become a civilian.

It is desirable for Buddhist affairs to help civilian rule.

When it comes to civilian deaths, violent hostilities play no favorites.

About 14 percent of our nation's civilian workforce is foreign-born.

The intellectual and moral failures common to America's general officer corps in Vietnam and Iraq constitute a crisis in American generalship. Any explanation that fixes culpability on individuals is insufficient. No one leader, civilian or military, caused failure in Vietnam or Iraq. Different military and civilian leaders in the two conflicts produced similar results. In both conflicts, the general officer corps designed to advise policymakers, prepare forces and conduct operations failed to perform its intended functions.

Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side.

Past experience has shown that the Islamists gain space when civilian authority weakens.

The 9/11 strikes left an indelible impact on our minds, but in relative terms, the scale of casualties actually wasn't all that high.

All of life is a risk; in fact we're not going to get out alive. Casualness leads to casualties. Communication is the ability to affect other people with words.