#conventions

The personal things should be left out of platforms at conventions. You can argue yourself blue in the face, and you're not going to change each other's minds. It's a waste of your time and my time. ↗

— Barbara Bush

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You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions. ↗

— Caleb Cushing

#awakened #constitution #conventions #debates #know

Human-rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of prisoners of war under the Geneva Conventions. ↗

— John Yoo

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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. ↗

— John Yoo

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President Bush and his commanders announced early in the conflict that the Conventions applied. ↗

— John Yoo

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That is because the conflict with al Qaeda is not governed by the Geneva Conventions, which applies only to international conflicts between states that have signed them. ↗

— John Yoo

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While Taliban fighters had an initial claim to protection under the conventions, they lost POW status by failing to obey the standards of conduct for legal combatants: wearing uniforms, a responsible command structure, and obeying the laws of war. ↗

— John Yoo

#combatants #command #conduct #conventions #failing

What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous. ↗

— Carlos Fuentes

#conventions #geneva #ghraib #happened #human

We need the UN, to deal with the threats to our common security from nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, not only in the case of Iraq. They must be tackled by the international community together, by strengthening conventions, treaties and agreements. ↗

— Anna Lindh

#biological #biological weapons #case #chemical #common

Placebo is music for outsiders, by outsiders and our gigs are like conventions of outcasts, which is cool. ↗

— Brian Molko

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