War Crimes Act

There are two acts known as the War Crimes Act

  • War Crimes Act 1991 of the United Kingdom
  • War Crimes Act of 1996 of the United States

Famous quotes containing the words war, crimes and/or act:

    “You say it is the good cause that hallows even war? I say unto you: it is the good war that hallows any cause.”
    —Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

    “It may be impossible to have a revolution without crimes but that does not make revolution a crime.”
    —José Bergamín (1895–1983)

    “The only ones who are really grateful for the war are the wild ducks, such a lot of them in the marshes of the Rhone and so peaceful ... because all the shot-guns have been taken away completely taken away and nobody can shoot with them nobody at all and the wild ducks are very content. They act as of they had never been shot at, never, it is so easy to form old habits again, so very easy.”
    —Gertrude Stein (1874–1946)