At least 23,000 civilians have also died in the Iraqi killing field and the U.S. is stuck in a quagmire.

- Charles B. Rangel

No, the United States does not target civilians.

- Douglas Feith

Indiscriminate attacks on civilians ought, under all circumstances, to be illegal in war as in peacetime.

- Gijs de Vries

Protecting Afghan civilians is the cornerstone of our mission.

- John R. Allen

We are battling fanatics who kidnap and behead civilians and shoot fleeing children in the back. There can be no dialogue with such people, and the American people understand this.

- Kay Bailey Hutchison

Israel never targets civilians deliberately, period.

- Naftali Bennett

If civilians are going to be killed, I would rather have them be their civilians than our civilians.

- Stuart Symington

I think attacks on civilians in fact boost morale.

- Tom Paulin

Could anything justify the extermination of civilians on such a scale?

- Wilfred Burchett