#casualties

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties. ↗

— John Irving

#casualties #i #i write #keep #looking

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.

#battlefield #casualties #down #great #great society

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

#attacks #bombers #casualties #caused #decline

I couldn't stand the idea of bloodshed, casualties. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#casualties #i #idea #stand

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

#accountability #arrogant #been #bus #campaign

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

#came #carried #case #casualties #comes

Yet the march toward freedom is not without its hazards or its casualties and the threats of violence aimed at Iraqis who participate in the election will be dealt with accordingly. ↗

— Jim Gerlach

#aimed #casualties #dealt #election #freedom

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

#casualties #civilian #civilian casualties #dealt #firmly

It takes 15,000 casualties to train a major general. ↗

— Ferdinand Foch

#general #major #takes #train

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

#constitution #destruction #discarded #favor #form