#fighters

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

#bush #claim #conventions #decision #deny

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

You need fighters like me to battle, because frankly The New York Times and the Washington Post are not going to fight the fights that I do. ↗

— Al Goldstein

#because #fight #fighters #fights #frankly

You should not do this, Comrade. We are only in the introductory stage yet, here in Western Europe. And in that stage it is better to encourage the fighters than the rulers. ↗

— Herman Gorter

#comrade #encourage #europe #fighters #here

All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#pimps #promoters

Everybody knows that I am one of the greatest fighters of all time and I would beat all those guys. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#beat #everybody #fighters #greatest #guys

George Foreman is easier and has the bigger name and have you noticed that Foreman never calls me out or ever mentions my name? He is afraid of me like most fighters are and most people want to forget about Larry Holmes, like he never ever existed. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#afraid #bigger #calls #easier #ever

I think Ali was a fan of mine, even though he never said it. A lot of fighters thought I was pretty good. Nobody every really spoke different on that. But a lot of fighters thought I was good so. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#different #even #every #fan #fighters

You can't put those guys like Marciano or anyone else in with today's class of fighters. ↗

— Larry Holmes

#class #else #fighters #guys #like

Fighters find it hard to give up doing what they do best - fighting for a living. ↗

— Evander Holyfield

#doing #fighters #fighting #find #give