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What is the Geneva Convention on wars! I have never read it. -- Yoweri Museveni
This is not to condone torture, which is still prohibited by the Torture Convention and federal criminal law. -- John Yoo
Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves. -- Bertrand Russell
The author of McCarthyism was given the distinction of addressing the Republican National Convention. This strikes terror in the hearts of honest men. -- Emanuel Celler
Under the Geneva Convention, for example, a POW is required only to provide name, rank, and serial number and cannot receive any benefits for cooperating. -- John Yoo
I knew that the Hague Convention prohibited the use of poison in war. I didn't know the details of the terms of the Convention, but I did know of that prohibition. -- Otto Hahn
The United States, a signatory to the Chemical Weapons Convention, destroyed the last of its stocks of VX and other chemical agents on the Johnston Atoll, 825 miles southwest of Hawaii, in November 2000. -- Barton Gellman
The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way clear to bless the Republican Party the way it's been carrying on, then the rest of us ought to get it without even asking. -- Will Rogers
There's a War Crimes Act in the United States passed by a Republican Congress in 1996, which says that grave breaches of the Geneva Convention are subject to the death penalty. And that doesn't mean the soldier that committed them - that means the commanders. -- Noam Chomsky
Convention is the ruler of all. -- Pindar
Convention, so often a mask for injustice ... -- Edith Hamilton
Convention (is) so often a mask for injustice. -- Edith Hamilton
Convention was our safeguard: could one have stronger? -- Elizabeth Bowen
Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended -- Benjamin Franklin
Convention and restriction release inhibition and provoke the imagination. -- Walter Darby Bannard
Setting out rules for waging war (the Geneva Convention). -- Paulo Coelho
Art flouts convention. Convention became convention because it works. -- Stewart Brand
[The Federal Convention] is really an assembly of demigods. -- Thomas Jefferson
Convention is another name for the habits of society. -- Rosamond Lehmann
The Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor. -- Atal Bihari Vajpayee
By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein. -- Carol Bellamy
Welcome delegates to the 2012 Republican Convention! Remember to set your watches back 400 years. -- Andy Borowitz
What do I bring to the Democratic National Convention that other reporters don't? Hair. -- Dave Mustaine
I went to the Democratic Convention as a journalist, and returned a cold-blooded revolutionary. -- Hunter S. Thompson
The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary. -- Benjamin Franklin
The key to success is to risk thinking unconventional thoughts. Convention is the enemy of progress. -- Trevor Baylis
If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say? -- Chuck Schumer
If we say the Geneva Convention is obsolete, then what do others who have our soldiers say? -- Chuck Schumer
The Convention thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men. -- James Madison
This war no longer has anything to do with knightly conduct or with the agreements of the Geneva Convention. -- Wilhelm Keitel
Convention is like the shell to the chick, a protection till he is strong enough to break it through. -- Learned Hand
We are involved in a constitution-building process of historic importance. The Convention should mark a new stage in European integration. -- Romano Prodi
A kid in an abusive home has far fewer rights than any POW. There is no Geneva Convention for kids. -- Andrew Vachss
I hate high heels. Walking in high heels for eight hours a day should be forbidden by the Geneva Convention. -- Libba Bray
Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention. -- Alan Parsons
I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War. -- Elbridge Gerry
Right here, in this same headquarters, 52 years ago, the Convention that gave the birth certificate to the war on drugs was approved -- Juan Manuel Santos
Competition is warfare. Mostly it is played by prescribed rules--there is a sort of Geneva Convention for competition--but it's thorough and often brutal. -- Andy Grove
Tonight, I am pleased to announce that I have secured $1 million from the Convention Host Committee to fund the beautification of Boston's neighborhoods. -- Thomas Menino
Did you see the 2000 Republican Presidential Convention? The last time the Republicans had that many Black people on a stage, they were selling them! -- Bill Maher
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At first the English were very surprised by our disregarding the Hague Convention. But from 1916 onward they used at least as much poison as we did. -- Otto Hahn
[Democratic National Convention] was high, it was exciting. The hotel that I stayed at, they had music in the lobby and [Hillary] Clinton life size cutouts. -- MC Lyte
We consider these settlements to be contrary to the Geneva Convention, that occupied territory should not be changed by establishment of permanent settlements by the occupying power. -- Jimmy Carter
The dream of the Convention was born from the that children and their needs were not been considered when policies were being made, laws passed or actions undertaken. -- Carol Bellamy
You can remain friends, even without EU membership. The PrÃ¼m Convention, according to which data for combatting crime is exchanged, is a good example of international cooperation. -- Geert Wilders
Convention speeches are powerful tools to bend the curve of public opinion. George H. W. Bush's 1988 convention speech is a great example. His son's speech was also quite powerful. -- Mark McKinnon
However, the Department of Defense treats these detainees in accord with the Geneva Convention, even though that is not required because of the inhumane methods used by these killers. -- Bill Shuster
There was a war crimes trial because an American prisoner had been shot trying to escape. He had obviously been recaptured and shot, and that violated the Geneva Convention. -- Charles Guggenheim
I joked at our National Convention that our party was nominating a candidate for president who was charismatic, larger than life, memorable, so they wanted to balance the ticket. -- Mike Pence
The first show I ever played was the International Pop Underground Convention in Olympia, Washington. It was girl night, and I was in Heavens To Betsy. I had just turned 18. -- Corin Tucker
It's hard for me to see how members of al Qaeda could be considered prisoners of war. I think they clearly do not fit within the prescriptions of the Geneva Convention. -- Eric Holder
There was not a member of the Constitutional Convention who had the least objection to what is contended for by the advocates for a Bill of Rights and trial by jury. -- George Washington
For the Republican Convention, I think of Trump's speech and sort of the darkness, the fear of crime, the need for a strong arm really, and so that one core theme. -- David Brooks
If the States were not left to leave the Union when their rights were interfered with, the government would have been National, but the Convention refused to baptize it by that name. -- Daniel Webster
Thus the Convention is unequivocal in its call for children to be consulted, to have their opinions heard and to have their best interests considered when law and policies are being drafted. -- Carol Bellamy
[M]y wish is, that the Convention may adopt no temporizing expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution [i.e., the Articles of Confederation] to the bottom, and provide radical cures. -- George Washington
It appears that legal positions that you have supported have been used by the administration, the military, and the CIA to justify torture and Geneva Convention violations by military and civilian personnel. -- Edward Kennedy
If you are going to kill the families of terrorists, realize that there's something called the Geneva Convention we're going to have to pull out of. It would defy every norm that is America. -- Rand Paul
Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. -- Alcee Hastings
A contest was held in 1994 to rename the Los Angeles Convention and Exhibition Center after an extensive renovation and expansion. The winning name, chosen from over ten thousand entries, was the Los Angeles Convention Center. -- James Frey
This problem is not only in Mississippi. During the time I was in the Convention in Atlantic City, I didn't get any threats from Mississippi. The threatening letters were from Philadelphia, Chicago and other big cities. -- Fannie Lou Hamer
The Pentagon said that these prisoners were kept in accordance with the Geneva Convention, and of course I was not reassured by that, but I couldn't prove that that was wrong; so we're clearer about that. -- Peter Singer
The executions of agents, partisans, saboteurs, suspicious people, indulging in espionage and sabotage, and those who were of a detrimental effect to the German Army, were, in my opinion, completely in accordance with the Hague Convention. -- Paul Blobel
I still remember vividly watching television coverage of the Democratic National Convention in the summer of 1992 (when he was 17) when Bill Clinton got the nomination. That was certainly a part of my growing interest in politics. -- Josh Earnest
I call for greater measures to involve more women at higher levels in mine action. Governments should do more to address gender in their mine action programmes and through their implementation of the Anti-personnel Mine Ban Convention. -- Ban Ki-moon
Convention serves a purpose: It gives life meaning, and without it, one is in a constant existential crisis. If you don't have the imposition of family to remind you of what is at stake, something else will. -- Elizabeth Wurtzel
If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by looking at the Constitution, with the goal of holding a new Constitutional Convention. -- Larry J. Sabato
I like to remember what Michelle Obama said in her amazing speech at our Democratic National Convention: When they go low, we go high. And Barack Obama went high, despite Donald Trump's best efforts to bring him down. -- Hillary Clinton
If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by looking at the Constitution, with the goal of holding a new Constitutional Convention. -- Larry J. Sabato
The Convention probably foresaw what it has been a principal aim of these papers to inculcate that the danger which most threatens our political welfare is, that the state governments will finally sap the foundations of the Union. -- Alexander Hamilton
Nonetheless, Article 5 makes clear that if an Iraqi civilian who is not a member of the armed forces, has engaged in attacks on Coalition forces, the Geneva Convention permits the use of more coercive interrogation approaches to prevent future attacks. -- John Yoo
Attending that Convention and talking with those people and many others convinced me that I should become a blogger in my efforts to reform the government and uphold the integrity of the Constitution and the laws made in furtherance thereof. -- John Jay Hooker
Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it." -- Benjamin Franklin
No one familiar with the common law of England can read the Constitution of the United States without observing the great desire of the Convention which framed that instrument to make it conform as far as possible with that law. -- Samuel Freeman Miller
I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes. Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year. -- Alan Dean Foster
If we examine the Hague Convention carefully, we see that it considers the offer of good offices a duty of every nation. In other words, such offers should be made whenever a dispute becomes critical and threatens to explode into war. -- Charles Albert Gobat
I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate. -- Harold Ford, Jr.
If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed in the Convention where I had the honor to preside might possibly endanger the religious rights of any ecclesiastical society, certainly I would never have placed my signature to it. -- George Washington
Presented memorial to [Constitutional Convention] committee on sufferage. Was very courteously treated. We all felt it a great day in the history of Utah. The committee informed us they had passed on W[oman] S[uffrage] being ten to five in favor. -- Ruth May Fox
The United States, therefore, works to ensure that any actions we take are consistent with international laws and norms - including those reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention. It's worth remembering that our presence in the region is nothing new. -- Barack Obama
Those who say [Joseph] Padilla should get a civilian trial are essentially saying that if you reject the rules of civilized nations, like those inscribed in the Geneva Convention, you therefore deserve to be treated better, not worse, than those rules require. -- Jonah Goldberg
I cannot accept this invitation [to celebrate the bicentenial of the Constitution], for I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever 'fixed' at the Philadelphia Convention... To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start. [Progressive] -- Thurgood Marshall
The left, of course, will say Carson doesn't believe in the Geneva Convention, Carson doesn't believe in fighting stupid wars. And - and what we have to remember is we want to utilize the tremendous intellect that we have in the military to win wars. -- Benjamin Carson
In 1945, peace broke out. It was the end of the Joke. Joke warfare was banned at a special session of the Geneva Convention, and in 1950 the last remaining copy of the joke was laid to rest here in the Berkshire countryside, never to be told again. -- Graham Chapman
We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an individual to a country where there is a reasonable expectation that he will be subjected to torture - physical, mental or otherwise. -- Jonathan Shapiro
The most that the Convention could do in such a situation, was to avoid the errors suggested by the past experience of other countries, as well as of our own; and to provide a convenient mode of rectifying their own errors, as future experience may unfold them. -- James Madison
The Democratic Convention is $27 million in debt. They had to cancel the kick-off event at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. A speedway is the perfect place for the Democratic Convention. You go around in circles, turn left every few seconds, and you end up right where you started. -- Jay Leno
Did I not feel that the time has come for the questions of women's wrongs to be laid before the public? Did I not believe that women herself must do this work, for women alone understand the height, the depth, the breadth of her degradation. - Seneca Falls Convention, 1848 -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
We should pass the U.N.'s Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. At least it will clearly establish whom you view as a terrorist and whom you don't. We need to delink terrorism from religion - to isolate terrorists who use this interchange of arguments between terrorism and religion. -- Narendra Modi
Thou shalt free thyself from convention, from everyday morality. -- Karen Horney
I'm a sworn enemy of convention. I despise the conventional in anything, even the arts. -- Hedy Lamarr
One of my movies was called 'True Lies.' It's what the Democrats should have called their convention. -- Arnold Schwarzenegger
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention. -- Franz Schubert
This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it. -- David Brinkley
I like the idea of defying the convention of what it is to be in your 40s, or 50s, or 60s. -- Anthony Kiedis
The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention. -- Octavio Paz
I wasn't looking for another marriage. I had been married before. He is a nice man - a geologist, an Ernest Hemingway type. But Paul and I married because of convention. -- Linda McCartney
Sarah Vaughan is one of my greatest heroes. She personifies what an artist is all about, taking risks, daring to go beyond the boundaries of safety and convention. It takes courage to share your vulnerability. -- Claron McFadden
I discovered cosplay because I was going to an anime convention and did some research, and found out people dressed up as characters. I made a very badly put-together costume because I felt this desire to dress up. -- Yaya Han
Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong and the standards we have as human beings about looking to care for one another. -- Jon Corzine
Ever since Romanticism, an oppositional mode, artists have the right, and indeed the duty, to attack social convention. But it is ridiculous and in fact self-infantilizing for them to expect to be financially supported by the general public whom they are insulting. -- Camille Paglia
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention. -- Aldous Huxley
When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such obstacles dividing them as parents or husband, that they belong to each other in the name of Nature, and are lovers by Divine right, in spite of human convention or the laws. -- Nicolas Chamfort
A chief justice's authority is really quite limited, and the dynamic among all the justices is going to affect whether he can accomplish much or not. There is this convention of referring to the Taney Court, the Marshall Court, the Fuller Court, but a chief justice has the same vote that everyone else has. -- John Roberts
Three times a year, there's Strategicon convention, and I go for the board games. It happens Presidents Day, Labor Day, and Memorial Day weekends. You go and take a look at the new board games and meet a couple of board game designers, and you can check out games you don't own from the library and then return them. -- Rich Sommer
The bravest person I've ever met was a young boy going through massive amounts of treatment for a very rare, complex and unpleasant disease. I last saw him at a Discworld convention, where he chose to take part in a game as an assassin. He died not long afterwards, and I wish I had his fortitude and sense of style. -- Terry Pratchett
Society's the mother of convention. -- Carolyn Wells
The calendar? A mere convention ... -- Irina Ratushinskaya
Jesus Christ, is this an NPR convention? -- Jack White
Liverpool have played with no real convention -- Ray Houghton
I have more folds than an origami convention. -- Roscoe Arbuckle
One does not succeed by sticking to convention. -- Garry Kasparov
Technically you would only need one time traveler convention. -- Dorothy Gambrell
A convention is an agreed-upon falsehood, a permitted lie. -- Thornton Wilder
The media. It sounds like a convention of spiritualists. -- Tom Stoppard
An ounce of convention is worth a pound of explanation. -- Ethel Mumford
If I want popularity, I go to a chef's convention. -- Nathan Myhrvold
Plot is a literary convention. Story is a force of nature. -- Teresa Nielsen Hayden
You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion. -- Gustav Mahler

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