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:

    “I can not believe that war is the best solution. No one won the last war, and no one will win the next war.”
    —Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)

    “O liberty! O liberty! What crimes are committed in thy name!”
    —Madame Roland [Marie-Jeanne Philipo (1754–1793)

    “but when lust
    By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk,
    But most by lewd and lavish act of sin,
    Lets in defilement to the inward parts,
    The soul grows clotted by contagion,
    Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite loose
    The divine property of her first being.”
    —John Milton (1608–1674)