(101 quotes found)
“We Colombians want to see action soon which reduces the conflict and means that civilians are not affected by it.”
Camilo Gomez
“With military implementation you can achieve a partition. With civilian and political organization you can achieve reunification and a real peace.”
Carl Bildt
“It is desirable for Buddhist affairs to help civilian rule.”
Ye Xiaowen
“While this is the largest monthly decline in nearly five years, the fall is entirely attributable to civilian aircraft, as non-defense aircraft orders returned to a normal pace, after a stunningly strong December.”
Carolyn Kwan
“If this opens up so we have more and more officers speaking up and blaming Rumsfeld and blaming senior civilians, then it is possibly heading towards a fairly dangerous civilian-military crisis.”
Andrew Bacevich
“The Iraq war is the driving force behind the Army's recruiting problem. Working in the civilian economy doesn't entail the risk of getting blown up by an IED in Iraq.”
Charles Pena
“For probably the first time in American history, civilians are asked to make no sacrifices in a time of war. We don't have a draft. There is no gas rationing the way there was in World War II. There is no increase in taxes; we get tax cuts instead. These acts are small ways of showing some recognition, because we're not doing it any other way.”
Charles Moskos
“But it can also be used against commercial aircraft carrying civilians. That is the bigger threat we have found.”
Benjamin Defensor
“India's access to civilian-nuclear technology is indeed necessary in order to drive and fuel India's economic development.”
Chirac India
“We view the restoration of democracy and civilian rule within a constitutional framework as crucial to fostering long-term stability in Pakistan,”
Christina Rocca
