#bloodshed

I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#did #i #killed #people #want

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

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#casualties #i #idea #stand

We wait here to meet the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam to discuss together a ceremony of orderly transfer of power so as to avoid any unnecessary bloodshed in the population. ↗

— Duong Van Minh

#avoid #bloodshed #ceremony #discuss #government

For centuries, the world has heard the oppressed, the downtrodden and the vulnerable cry out for their freedoms, for their rights and for a chance to emerge from the shadows of the tyranny and bloodshed that they had lived with. ↗

— Ginny B. Waite

#centuries #chance #cry #emerge #freedoms

Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#bloodshed #war #while #without

Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed. ↗

— Mao Zedong

#politics #war #while #without

And I said, yes, if you think that I avoid bloodshed by standing aside, then I will stand aside. ↗

— Kamisese Mara

#avoid #bloodshed #i #said #stand

But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#after #anger #another #another way #because

I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed. ↗

— Eduard Shevardnadze

#bloodshed #i #i think #only #resignation

In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to bring civil strife and bloodshed upon her. ↗

— Sam Houston

#bloodshed #bring #civil #constitution #her