Richard Engel Quotes

We all say no to war, we are all for justice and peace. But sometimes in order to maintain peace, armed action is necessary. But we hope it won't be the case.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

What is the possible benefit? Can this material save lives? Can it improve the quality of life in Iraq? Can it tend to shape our perceptions of how war should and should not be conducted? Can it shape our perceptions of who should be conducting war and in what manner? And the answer to that is a clear yes.

I'm not anti-war. I served in a war, and I served proudly. But just or not, necessary or not, war is the industrial-scale slaughter of other humans.

It is important to recognize the differences between the war in Iraq and the war on terrorism. The treatment of those detained at Abu Ghraib is governed by the Geneva Conventions, which have been signed by both the U.S. and Iraq.

We, Britain and Germany, can neither of us be happy about our handling of the Iraq war.

I don't think you can perpetrate war crimes with defensive weapons, with air defense systems.

War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals.

I'm not a war photographer. I've always dealt with the consequences of conflict.

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

Morality is contraband in war.

I think, unfortunately, we live in a world where people attack other people and I think a legitimate rationale for war is the saving of human life, the saving of lives of people who cannot defend themselves.

I don't think the war in Afghanistan was ruthlessly enough waged.

I have known war as few men now living know it. It's very destructiveness on both friend and foe has rendered it useless as a means of settling international disputes.

The NATO forces will, to the extent that they have capacity, assist the war crimes tribunal.

Instead of the international police action we had hoped for during the war in Kosovo, there are wars again - conducted with state-of-the-art technology, but still in the old style.

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.

It’s hard to convince people you are bombing that you’re doing it for their own good.

Sure we won the war, but the peace we’re losing badly.

I don’t like genocide, but I would not commit our troops [to stop it.]

Law stands mute in the midst of arms

Effective intervention ended Sierra Leone’s civil war, while nonintervention condemned Rwanda to genocide.

I don’t oppose all wars. And I know that in this crowd today, there is no shortage of patriots. Or of patriotism. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

The possibility of the United States winning the war and losing the peace is real and serious

All wars are tragedies, but not all wars are sins.