Famous Quotes & Sayings

Our focus right now is to get the civilians who are wounded treated as quickly as possible,

Irene Khan

Over a decade of conflict we have seen the human rights situation steadily worsening, with increasing numbers of civilian killings and injuries and, for a time, the highest number of reported 'disappearances' in the world.

Joschka Fischer

We need a lot of civilian monitors but they must be protected,

We need a civilian commitment in Iraq equal to our military one.

RECRUIT, n. A person distinguishable from a civilian by his uniform and from a soldier by his gait.Fresh from the farm or factory or street, His marching, in pursuit or in retreat, Were an impressive martial spectacle Except for two impediments --his feet. --Thompson Johnson

We're starting with fresh technologies and more up-to- date components, and it will be run by a civilian system and not a military environment.

Oscar Arias

During my administration, our desire has been to strengthen the civilian spirit of our people. Thus, we have eliminated military ranks and salutes from our civil guard.

We have urged the government of Peru, ... to try Lori Berenson in a civilian court with full due process so that her guilt or innocence can be proven.

We have uncovered a plot by coup leaders, their civilian supporters and communist insurgents to take military and government officials hostage and force the President to step down and then install a transition government.

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.

We have been talking about a release of civilian and other prisoners, including fishermen, who are currently in the custody of Pakistan,

Jemima Khan

WikiLeaks exposed corruption, war crimes, torture and cover-ups. It showed that we were lied to about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan; that the U.S. military had deliberately hidden information about systematic torture and civilian casualties, which were much higher than reported.

Husain Haqqani

willing to share power with the civilians in any meaningful way?

The President decided that he was no longer running the country as a civilian President. He issued a military order giving himself the power to run the country as a general.

John Negroponte

Well my briefing was that Honduras was a small and vulnerable country just back on the path towards democracy it was about to have just before I arrived, the first elections for a civilian president in more than 9 years.

Martin Freeman

Please God, I'll never be in a war zone, but everything I sort of know about people who come back is that it's a hard transition to make. I mean, even if you've not been in a war, even if you've just been in the Forces, you come back and probably have more fights in civilian life.

So-called winter training exercises by security forces, held in the midst of an already very tense situation, intimidate the local population and drive civilians out of their homes.

Apparently, some civilians were killed, and we are very sorry about that. We did not expect such results and if we had known ... we might would have aborted the mission.

Any of us in civilian work can quit without dire consequences, but if my son were to say, 'I'm handing in my pink slip today,' they would say, 'here's your court marshal.

This is a crucial element in any part of security sector reform, ... If you don't have civilian control ... the security sector reform will not succeed.

A larger increase for military families clearly is in order. So too, however, is a larger increase for the men and women of the government's civilian workforce.

There will be a lot of police officers that will think this is another word for civilian review board.

Galileo will be a completely independent system made and controlled by Europeans and is a civilian service.

So whether the issue of future civilian use is going to be that important an issue or not, I can't say at this point.

Kofi Annan

deeply distressed by the tragedy taking place in Kosovo and in the region ... The suffering of innocent civilians should not be further prolonged.

Juan Mendez

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

The vigilantes operate completely outside the law, and this situation places civilians more deeply in the path of danger.

The toll is nine people killed - one civilian driver and eight military personnel - and 36 wounded,

Israel can reduce the civilian presence, but maintain military control.

We saw roofs collapsed, we saw holes in the walls, quite extensive damage to the civilian population.

Jan Egeland

The insecurity in Sri Lanka has claimed over 100 lives in recent weeks with increasing civilian casualties.

The (fast-breed reactor) program is at a prototype stage and not ready for inclusion in a list of India's civilian nuclear reactors.

Cyprus conveyed its support to India's efforts for the promotion of full civilian nuclear energy cooperation.