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{{quote|I consider their existence our greatest failure. |'''UN Secetary, Kofi Annan, On Child Soldiers.'''}}
 
{{quote|Think you gangsta, popped a few rounds? <br />
These kids'll come through and murder a whole town<br />
Then sit back and smoke and watch it burn down <br />
The graves get deeper the further we go down|'''[[Lupe Fiasco]]''', ''"Little Weapon"''}}
 
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{{quote|Or maybe it was because of something that impressed me in ''Carton's Army of the Potomac:'' that the soldiers were all so young and innocent... Even though it was a deadly game, and the suffering and fear were terrible and real, it was still a game played by children...|'''[[Orson Scott Card]]''', explaining why ''[[Ender's Game]]'' [[Truth in Television|is about children]] }}
 
{{quote|'''Andre:''' I can see what you are thinking. But we need every man we can get.<br />
'''Yuri:''' Even if they're not men?<br />
'''Andre:''' A bullet from a fourteen-year-old is just as effective as one from a forty-year-old. Often more effective.|'''Andre Baptise''' and '''Yuri Orlov''', reviewing several dozen Liberian children standing formation armed with AK-47s and bazookas in [[Lord of War]] }}
 
{{quote|I can't hold a glass of wine yet<br />
But they think it's fine to<br />
Have me hold a gun<br />
Kill a man or kill his son|Company of Thieves, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc93b8mdE7M "Quiet on the Front"] }}
 
{{quote| We too shall enlist<br />
When our elders' time has come <br />
To add to the list of deeds<br />
Inscribed upon their tombs<br />
We are much less jealous of surviving them<br />
Than of sharing their coffins<br />
We shall have the sublime pride<br />
Of avenging or joining them }}
 
{{quote| To arms, oh citizens!<br />
Form up in serried ranks!<br />
March on, march on!<br />
And drench our fields<br />
With their tainted blood! }}
 
 
{{quote| On Shiloh's dark and bloody ground,<br />
The dead and wounded lay;<br />
Amongst them was a drummer boy<br />
, Who beat the drum that day.<br />
A wounded soldier help and him up--<br />
His drum was by his side;<br />
He clasp'd his hands, then he rais'd his eyes,<br />
And prayed before he died<br />
''Drummer Boy of Shiloh'' }}
 
{{quote|'''Shepard''': You've been killing since you were six?<br />
'''[[Professional Killer|Thane]]''': Of course not. I did not make my first kill until I was twelve.|''[[Mass Effect 2]]''}}
 
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