Sergei Lavrov Quotes

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.

We are calling for a ban on weapons deliveries to countries listed as human rights violators, to governments that are engaged in wars of aggression, military occupation, and annexation and spend more money on weapons than on education and health care.

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.

War as Napoleon knew it just not possible any more. However, we're very unlikely to accept or recognize 'world peace' even when we get it.

I guess if people couldn't profit from war I don't think there would be war.

Protecting Afghan civilians is the cornerstone of our mission.

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.

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.

Every war has revolutionary justice.

War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.

We cannot be both the world's leading champion of peace and the world's leading supplier of the weapons of war.

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

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

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.

Let us face squarely the paradox that the world which goes to war is a world, usually, genuinely desiring peace.

For the most part, I think American armies are awfully good in the business of protecting civilians, of not going over the line.

We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war.

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

Surely our inaction with respect to Syria is a poor precedent if we're fighting a war on terror.

Some think the worst horrors of war might be avoided by an international agreement not to use atomic bombs. This is a vain hope.

What is more immoral than war?

I think when war becomes your life, I think it's very difficult to have the proper perspective to be able to create a fully balanced policy.

We've made some mistakes in this country in times past - the Korean conflict proceeding that, some say proceeding the Persian Gulf War, where we were ambiguous as to what we would do.

It is vital that Iraq and the United States together send the clearest possible signal that those who commit acts of violence against American military forces and American civilians will not be rewarded with amnesty.

Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry.