Civilians Quotes

“We are protecting civilians. We are unarmed. We are no threat to you. Please do not shoot.”
― Rachel Corrie

“It seems logical that he who supports total war in principle cannot complain of a war against civilians.”
― John Hersey

“I will follow anyone
And ask everyone
To stand together as one nation
Against the killing of innocent citizens”
― Widad Akrawi

“Day after day, the globalization of terrorism becomes more evident. This is the one of the biggest challenges we are facing. We must stand with the innocent people around the world who are suffering or have lost their loved ones as a result of terrorism.”
― Widad Akrawi

“Civilians enjoy their time because soldiers sacrifice their time.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“In the history of battles and wars, the massacres of civilians were the main reason of revolutions success.”
― M.F. Moonzajer

“Staring ahead, I felt my body clutched and clawed at. Strong words of desperation were cried
into my ears. I felt a deep responsibility for the people and the situations that they found
themselves in. I also felt helpless to prevent the Emperor from causing any more harm.”
― Susan L. Marshall, Adira and the Dark Horse

“The monstrous effects on Korean civilians of the methods of warfare adopted by the United Nations — the blanket fire bombing of North Korean cities, the destruction of dams and the resulting devastation of the food supply and an unremitting aerial bombardment more intensive than anything experienced during the Second World War. At one point the Americans gave up bombing targets in the North when their intelligence reported that there were no more buildings over one story high left standing in the entire country … the overall death toll was staggering: possibly as many as four million people. About three million were civilians (one out of every ten Koreans). Even to a world that had just begun to recover from the vast devastation of the Second World War, Korea was a man-made hell with a place among the most violent excesses of the 20th century.”
― Reg Whitaker, Cold War Canada: The Making of a National Insecurity State, 1945-1957

“Here… our failures are known to every Tom Dick and Harry while our successes fall only on deaf ears. It’s death, hostile civilians, greedy politicians, and more death, and forget about love. You could be here now and across the world in 11 minutes. If you're lucky you’ll be blown to the next world in much less than 11 seconds.”
― Bruce Crown, Forlorn Passions

“The death of American soldiers is as painful as the death of civilians in Afghanistan, and what makes our world a better place is not pouring more guns and weapons in this country, but educating the uneducated population. Since, those guns can ended up in the hands of dangerous group that can take the lives of many poor people in Afghanistan and everywhere else.”
― M.F. Moonzajer

“State first, subject second, statesman last.”
― Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words

“Israelis cannot be blamed for the conflicts and civilians casualties nor do the Palestinians. We can argue endlessly about it, the only one that can be blamed for this lasting battle is the Saudis fueling the conflicts for enduring their supremacy in the Arab world.”
― M.F. Moonzajer

“The use of the blockade against Germany to starve large numbers of people to death broke through the moral barrier against the mass killing of civilians. It was the precedent for the 'conventional' bombing of civilians in the Second World War and then for the use of the atomic bomb.”
― Jonathan Glover, Humanity: A Moral History of the Twentieth Century

“If we have an administration in this country [Turkey], it's the army. But a big percentage of so-called public 'confidence' in the army is just fear. Civilians are not yet conscious of their power.”
― Mehmet Dülger

“That’s what you get for dating muggles.”
“Muggles?”
“Civilians. John Q. Public.” He emphasized each term with a toss of his hand. “Maybe you needed to go out with somebody like me. We’re both—”
“Kinda fucked up?”
― S.A. Hunt, Burn the Dark

“Once the citizens take responsibility, politicians will lose their job.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Hometown Human: To Live for Soil and Society

“Unless the people live a life of accountability, there'll be no order in society, but only an illusion of order.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Solo Standing on Guard: Life Before Law

“The Spanish Civil War was the first fought in Europe in which civilians became targets en masse, through bombing raids on big cities.”
― Helen Graham, The Spanish Civil War: A Very Short Introduction

“Without accountability in the commoners, no reform in policy can reform society.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mücadele Muhabbet: Gospel of An Unarmed Soldier

“Till civic intervention becomes the norm, political intervention will achieve nothing.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Rowdy Scientist: Handbook of Humanitarian Science

“Lions don't leave society in the hands of government. Government is second in command - civilians, chief commander.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Dervis Vadisi: 100 Promissory Sonnets

“They felt the utter uncertainty of war—the bone-marrow knowledge that death could come at any moment, and that intellect, strength, and wealth couldn’t save you when the sky fell.”
― Alexander Freed