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Casualties many; Percentage of dead not known; Combat efficiency; we are winning. -- David M. Shoup
Gen. Tommy Franks Says That 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 -- Tommy Franks
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam. -- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties. -- John Irving
Suicide bombers caused us more than 50 percent of our casualties. The fence works. There is a decline in the number of those terrorist attacks against Israelis. -- Silvan Shalom
As in any war, there have been dreadful mistakes and civilian casualties. The difference is when Israelis kill innocents they apologize; when Hezbollah kills innocents they celebrate. -- J. D. Hayworth
The true measure of a career is to be able to be content, even proud, that you succeeded through your own endeavors without leaving a trail of casualties in your wake. -- Alan Greenspan
Al Qaeda operates by launching surprise attacks on civilian targets with the goal of massive casualties. Our only means for preventing future attacks, which could use WMDs, is by acquiring information that allows for pre-emptive action. -- John Yoo
Honesty, integrity, and accountability, the values, which should be the hallmark of this government, have instead been thrown under the bus by an arrogant majority, casualties in a misguided campaign to shield from accountability those who abuse this House. -- Louise Slaughter
No one talked about the fact that in this year under the Obama administration you've seen the highest casualties in Afghanistan. And the fact that it took him almost 90 days to figure out what his strategy is going to be was absolutely appalling. -- Allen West
The issue of terrorism must be dealt with firmly. We must work very hard to avoid loss of life. We must work very hard to avoid civilian casualties. And those terrorists and Baathists are holding the people of Fallujah hostage. We must release the hostages. -- Ahmed Chalabi
In war, truth is the first casualty. -- Aeschylus
Casualties? What do I care about casualties? -- Aylmer Hunter-Weston
It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general. -- Ferdinand Foch
The first casualty when war comes is truth. -- Hiram Johnson
When war is declared, truth is the first casualty -- Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Truth, it has been said, is the first casualty of war. -- Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden
You know, there have been a lot of casualties in rock-n-roll. -- Warren Cuccurullo
Proving yourself in a field where the casualty rate is so notoriously high is an ongoing challenge. -- Richard E. Grant
Rappers can't sleep, need sleepin', B.I.G. keep creepin', Bullets heat-seekin', Casualties need treatin', Dumb rappers need teachin'. -- The Notorious B.I.G.
Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side. -- Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
I like to be alone so I can write. But focus can hurt you. I don't want to be some stress casualty in early middle age. -- James Ellroy
I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.' -- Kevin Costner
So one important lesson of Vietnam is, the first casualty of an unwise and unjust war are the American troops called on to fight it. Their service should be honored. -- Paul Begala
They keep telling us that in war truth is the first casualty, which is nonsense since it implies that in times of peace truth stays out of the sick bay or the graveyard. -- Alexander Cockburn
It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance. -- L. Neil Smith
I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind. -- George C. Marshall
It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general. -- Ferdinand Foch
Unfortunately, in war, there are casualties, including among the civilian population. -- John O. Brennan
Obviously, the greater the length of a war the higher is likely to be the number of casualties in it on either side. -- Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig
One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life. -- Steve Southerland
The alternative to peace is war, which will expose everyone to mass casualties, misery and a loss of perspective for many years to come. -- Boris Trajkovski
The question remains: which brands will commit to creating a private sector pillar of social change, and which will become casualties of their own outdated thinking? -- Simon Mainwaring
When you do something in a nonviolent way, people will die and there will be casualties. But you're taking a different point of view that has a power. -- Tom Shadyac
You need to put drones under control; you need to lay out certain rules of engagement in order to prevent or minimize collateral casualties. It is extremely important. -- Vladimir Putin
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. -- Tommy Franks
In South Texas, we understand how vital port security is and we fear the day a weapon of mass destruction could be brought into a U.S. port in a container and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties. -- Solomon Ortiz
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. -- Jemima Khan
We know that if al Queda or one of these terrorist organizations were to get a weapon of mass destruction from Iraq, that they would have no hesitation about using it to catastrophic consequences; the potential is for hundreds of thousands of casualties. -- Paul Cellucci
Computer hacking really results in financial losses and hassles. The objectives of terrorist groups are more serious. That is not to say that cyber groups can't access a telephone switch in Manhattan on a day like 9/11, shut it down, and therefore cause more casualties. -- Kevin Mitnick
For fear of dropping the troops in the sea, the pilots tended to drop them too far inland - some of them actually in the British lines. The weapon containers often fell wide of the troops, which was another handicap that contributed to our excessive casualties. -- Kurt Student
I thought I was going to be killed. The casualties were so heavy, it was just a given. I learned to take each day, each mission, as it came. That's an attitude I've carried into my professional life. I take each case, each job, as it comes. -- Elliot Richardson
Qatar-based 'Al-Jazeera,' the most important news channel in the Arab world, was harshly criticized by high U.S. officials for having 'emphasized civilian casualties' during the destruction of Falluja. The problem of independent media was later resolved when the channel was kicked out of Iraq in preparation for free elections. -- Noam Chomsky
What is and isn't justified by military necessity is, naturally, open to interpretation. One of the key concepts, though, is the law of proportionality. A military attack that results in civilian casualties - 'collateral damage' - is acceptable as long as the military benefits outweigh the price that is paid by humanity. -- Sebastian Junger
I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties. -- Eduard Shevardnadze
More souls become casualties of war than physical bodies. -- Suzy Kassem
War takes so many more casualties than just the dead. -- Katherine L. Walker
Don't take the casual approach to life. Casualness leads to casualties. -- Jim Rohn
Their casualties and bodies are many. Their equipment and vehicles, several were destroyed -- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
The number of casualties will be more than most of us can bear. -- Rudy Giuliani
There were nine casualties during the battle of Kirkuk. My husband was among them. -- Travis Neighbor Ward
I consider myself a casualty, one of the many casualties of the war on terror. -- Alberto Gonzales
Shiloh had as many casualties as Waterloo, and yet there were another 20 Waterloos to come. -- Bruce Catton
When the purge of teacher individualism is unrestrained, eccentricity, initiative and individuality become the casualties. -- Andy Hargreaves
They are achieving nothing, they are suffering from casualties. Those casualties are increasing, not decreasing -- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
A military leader thinks about casualties and losses, but a strategic one only aims the win. -- M.F. Moonzajer
The world is a dangerous, unstable place and sometimes there are casualties and struggles for power. -- Greg Bryk
This was one of the casualties of war, that trust itself seemed to die a thousand deaths. -- Eric Metaxas
The combination of modern ordnance and outdated tactics had, as usual, created enormous casualties on both sides. -- Iain Banks
We're giving them a real lesson today. Heavy doesn't accurately describe the level of casualties we have inflicted. -- Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
The World War demonstrated the importance of Field Artillery. The majority of casualties were inflicted by the arm. -- John J. Pershing
We never destroyed anything major, but there were a few small casualties. A couple of lamps were sacrificed. -- Justin Bieber
No world is without sacrifices. But if we produce casualties, we would also sustain casualties of our own. -- Tite Kubo
Laying siege to enemy-controlled cities allows attacking armies to keep their own casualties low by avoiding urban combat. -- Walid Muallem
I don't think we [the USA] need more troops. I think we need to be less worried about civilian casualties. -- Ann Coulter
Behind every political deal in this country, the first casualties are always the ordinary people, who are barely treated as human. -- Ai Weiwei
I'm a grenade and at some point I'm going to blow up and I would like to minimize the casualties, okay? -- John Green
All I hope is that the American coalition is doing its best to prevent civilian casualties and the killing of innocent people. -- Elie Wiesel
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. -- Steven Pinker
The question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many. -- Dick Cheney
The last thing we want to do is to go into an area and inflict unnecessary civilian casualties. One is too many. -- Bob Ainsworth
Our aim is always to minimise casualties and to separate a hardline Taliban from those who have been caught up in the insurgency. -- Bob Ainsworth
There's a hazy smile on her lips that won't go away, and her hair is a mess. It's like a brushfire filled with casualties. -- Lauren DeStefano
Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are always paid for in casualties and troops are quick to sense any blunder made by their commanders. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Female beauties are as fickle in their faces as in their minds; though casualties should spare them, age brings in a necessity of decay. -- Robert Boyle
The task [in Afghanistan] is to reduce civilian casualties while still not hesitating to respond to enemies who are trying to kill our soldiers. -- David Petraeus
I don't know of any army that does more than an Israeli army does to avoid civilian casualties. But incidental and unintended casualties accompany every war. -- Benjamin Netanyahu
The First Battle of Fallujah was called off in part because of the intensity of non-U.S. media coverage of civilian casualties from outlets like Al Jazeera. -- Phil Klay
Trying to win a power struggle is like trying to win a nuclear war. You may achieve your goal, but not without catastrophic casualties on both sides. -- Jamie Raser
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. -- Ralph Peters
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. -- Jim Rohn
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. -- Peter Menzel
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. -- Sarah Dessen
The assault on Malta will cost us many casualties...but...I consider it absolutely essential for the future development of the war. If we take Malta, Libya will be safe. -- Ugo Cavallero
the casualties among us include not just those who are dying, or bleeding, or recovering from injury, but also the caretakers around the edges whose selves fall sacrificed to their charges. -- Natalie Kusz
The military's own report says that one-third of deaths and casualties could have been avoided if proper body armor and vehicle armor had been provided from the start of the war. -- John Olver
Turkish-American relations are based on very strong foundations. Currently, we have a war in the region, which could not be prevented, unfortunately. We hope it is a short war ... with minimum casualties. -- Abdullah Gul
I'm getting a little fed up with hearing about, oh, civilian casualties. I think we ought to nuke North Korea right now just to give the rest of the world a warning. -- Ann Coulter
I'm not going anywhere. I hope. It's been an adventure. We took some casualties over the years. Things got broken. Things got lost. But I wouldn't have missed it for the world. -- Anthony Bourdain
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. -- Terry Pratchett
I think on civilian casualties they could do more. It's actually something I've discussed with the editors involved. They're aware of it, and I'm hopeful that there will be more reporting on that. -- Daniel Okrent
Burma evoked the lost Kenyan soldiers who served in the war. You never hear about them. There were a significant number of casualties, men who never came back home. But they're never commemorated. -- Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
The one way, possibly, out of this is for [Bashar] Assad to abdicate and plead, perhaps to Russia or somewhere else. Would save another wave of civilian casualties if we could get him to abdicate. -- Rand Paul
Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties."(Interview in Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews, Eighth Series, ed. George Plimpton, 1988) -- John Irving

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