Lives Lost Quotes

Violence only perpetrates more violence, and it becomes a vicious cycle. There are political situations all over the world where there are untold acts of revenge for incidences, and thousands and thousands of lives are lost because of them.

Preparing for climate change has to be a national priority backed by tens of billions in federal investment. Lives are on the line.

More than 26,000 lives may be lost to the effects of drug abuse this year. This tragic impact is felt in communities across this great nation. Sadly many of these deaths occur among our young people.

I will not, nor will I ever, publicly divulge sensitive intelligence sources and methods. For when that happens, our national security is endangered and lives can be lost.

We cannot stop natural disasters but we can arm ourselves with knowledge: so many lives wouldn't have to be lost if there was enough disaster preparedness.

In order to satisfy one human stomach, so many lives are taken away. We must promote vegetarianism. It is extremely important.

Will it not breed discontent, disorder and rebellion? The phrase is simply loaded with dynamite. It will raise hopes that can never be realized. It will, I fear, cost thousands of lives. What a calamity that the phrase was ever uttered. It will cost thousands of lives.

The tragedy of September 11th was so sudden, so enormous, and so horrendous, both in terms of lives lost and global consequences, that this country and the world went into immediate and prolonged shock.

Every decision in government is so important, especially when it comes to the military where thousands of people can lose their lives.

O men with sisters dear, O men with mothers and wives, It is not linen you 're wearing out, But human creatures' lives!

The great lesson of 9/11 is that improper hoarding of information can cost lives and harm national security.

Funding cuts translate into lives lost, not dreams deferred.

When it comes to the war in Iraq, the time for promises and assurances for waiting and for patience is over. Too many lives have been lost, too many billions of dollars have been spent for us to trust the president on another tired and failed policy that's opposed by generals and experts, Democrats and Republicans, Americans and many of the Iraqis themselves.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

CIA paramilitary operations during the Korean War were not only ineffective but probably morally reprehensible in the number of lives lost.

Here in New York, we are already seeing how climate change contributes to increasingly violent and extreme weather that has cost us dearly, in both damage and in lives.

For he who lives more lives than one more deaths than one must die.