John McCain

When a president makes life and death decisions, he should draw strength and wisdom from broad and deep experience with the reasons for and the risks of committing our children to our defense. For no matter how many others are involved in the decision, the president is a lonely man in a dark room when the casualty reports come in.

American Politician

Dalai Lama

I think the self-burning itself on practice of non-violence. These people, you see, they easily use bomb explosive, more casualty people. But they didn't do that. Only sacrifice their own life. So this also is part of practice of non-violence.

Tibetan Leader

L. Neil Smith

It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too, in its way. The reality is that, for most wars to begin, the truth has to have been sacrificed a long time in advance.

American Writer

Peter Maurer

They say that truth is the first casualty of war. But there is another casualty as well: trust. As conflict escalates, trust between people and political leaders crumbles away as surely as night follows day.

Swiss Activist

Kevin Costner

I'm a big fan of dreams. Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in life - people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality.

American Actor

Nancy Gibbs

Progress is seldom simple; it comes with costs and casualties, even challenges about whether a change represents an advance or a retreat.

American Journalist

Steve Southerland

One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life.

Harry Browne

It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.

P. Chidambaram

Once the war of words begins, truth is the casualty.

Indian Politician

Hiram Johnson

The first casualty when war comes is truth.

Often used in military, war journalism, and emergency services to describe harm or deaths.

Conflict Context

Doesn't imply blame or cause, just states that someone was harmed or killed.

Neutral Term

Can imply the seriousness of an incident by the number of casualties reported.

Severity Indicator

Can refer to non-human entities like businesses or plans affected by a situation.

Broad Impact

Implies undesired consequences or damage, beyond physical harm.

Negative Outcome

Refers to patients in the context of urgent medical care, often in hospitals.

Medical Reference

The term is associated with emergency medical departments in countries like the UK.

Specific Departments

 That Crusader loader who was killed? You find out his first name and where he was from. Yes, sir. I wanted to do the best job I could do, because it's a man that I now idolize in life. You guys want to make it back to base without any more casualties, huh? Then we have to work together.

First Look: The Long...

 world so i oversee a lot of the care of the animals that we have in the wildlife casualty along with the rest of the team so making sure that they're looked after and cleaned out and fed and have the right medication etc and also you know supervise other members of the team in doing so

Small Creatures In Need...

 Meanwhile, governments are researching autonomous military drones that could wind up making decisions of whether they'll risk civilian casualties to attack a high-value target. If we want these actions to be ethical, we have to decide in advance how to value human life

Would you sacrifice one...

 casualties in modern conflicts aren't the fighters this is why I aim my camera at the world beyond fighting and blood and work to document the ongoing life after the war a life that is a fact by the devastating consequences and inhumane acts of violence for me the

Through the shattered...

 looking at casualty rates among contemporary hunter-gatherers, which is our best source of evidence about this way of life, has shown a rather different conclusion. Here is a graph that he put together, showing the percentage of male deaths due to warfare

The surprising decline...

 But in this context, the style offers a profoundly overwhelming view of violence, destruction, and casualties. Multiple perspectives only compound the horror on display– sending the eyes hurtling around the frame in a futile hunt for peace.

Why is this painting so...

 the casualties are civilians mainly women and children they are collateral damage men run the world and look at the mess we have what kind of world do we want this is a fundamental question that most of us are asking does it make sense

Tales of passion -...

 linked, informed and educated -- can bring peace and prosperity to this forsaken planet. In any war today, most of the casualties are civilians, mainly women and children. They are collateral damage. Men run the world,

Isabel Allende: Tales of...

 incredible courage and valor. They were sent out on the most dangerous missions and they sustained the highest combat casualty rate of any unit proportionally.

Why I love a country...

 friendships and exploring their forest home a discovery draws them all close a tiny casualty on the forest floor

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