“What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence of the military from civilians, an independent media and press, an independent central bank.” StatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesMediaMilitaryIndependentIndependencePressesBrilliantSeparationBranchesExecutivesCiviliansJudicialCentral BanksSeparation Of PowersSystems Of GovernmentJudicial BranchIndependent Media Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf
“Almost 30 years before Rwanda, before Darfur, more than 2 million people - mothers, children, babies, civilians - lost their lives as a result of the blatantly callous and unnecessary policies enacted by the leaders of the federal government of Nigeria. It's this charge that's dominated the book's Nigerian press, so far as I can see, the accusation, on the one hand, that Awolowo hatched "a diabolical policy to reduce the numbers of his enemies significantly through starvation - eliminating over two million people, mainly members of future generations.” PeopleYearsChildrenI CanTwoBookHandsGovernmentMotherLostResultsNumbersLeaderEnemyMillionsGenerationsPolicyBabyMembersPressesUnnecessaryFederal GovernmentFuture GenerationCiviliansStarvationNigeriaAccusationEliminatingRwandaDiabolicalCallousMother ChildDarfur Author:Chinua Achebe
“If the next time our governments propose to make war on a helpless civilian population we were to uncover our grief and guilt instead of our anger, how much difference might we make?” IfsWarGovernmentMightNextDifferencesGriefGuiltPopulationHelplessNext TimeCiviliansPropose Book:The Whole Woman Source: The Whole Woman
“My mission is to lead the country out of a bad situation of corruption, depression and slavery. After I rid the country of these vices, I will then organize and supervise a general election of a genuinely democratic civilian government.” CountryGovernmentSituationElectionSlaveryDemocraticVicesCorruptionMissionsOrganizeCiviliansBad SituationsGeneral Elections Author:Idi Amin
“People talk about smart sanctions and crippling sanctions. Ive never seen smart sanctions, and crippling sanctions cripple everyone, including innocent civilians, and make the government more popular.” PeopleGovernmentSmartIncludingInnocentCiviliansSanctionsCripples Author:Mohamed ElBaradei
“The Constitutional Convention debated whether America should even have a standing army. ... They worried that a powerful military could rival civilian government for power in our new country, and of course they worried that having a standing army around would create too much of a temptation to use it.” ShouldCountryUseGovernmentAmericaCoursesPowerfulToo MuchMilitaryStandingArmyTemptationWorriedConventionsRivalsCiviliansMilitarismConstitutional Convention Book:Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power Source: Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power