It is in our nature to enjoy atrocity so long as it…

A furious Peeta hammers Haymitch with the atrocity he could become party to, but I can feel Haymitch watching me. This is the moment,…

— Suzanne Collins

As far as I know, the question of whether and how it could be strategically or morally justified was never the subject of open…

— Anonymous

Every sensible man, every honorable man, must hold the Christian sect in horror." "Christianity is the most ridiculous, the most absurd and bloody religion…

— Voltaire

“I do not know where Viktor and Rudolf were taken. I cannot find the records. I never Elisabeth or Iggie. It is possible that…

— Edmund de Waal

I have become convinced, through my studies, that the only way to achieve a safe, just and viable world is to live by the…

— Karen Armstrong

Yet only the atrocities of the conquered are referred to as criminal acts; those of the conqueror are justified as necessary, heroic, and even…

— Jim Fergus

“I don't know how to stop the atrocities. I don't know how to make people care. But looking into my sister's eyes, we seem…

— Lisa Shannon

War is horrible no matter what. There's going to be atrocities, there's going to be horrible things that happen in war.

— Mike Hoffman

Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him…

— Mark Twain

Well before September 11, it was understood that with modern technology, the rich and powerful will lose their near monopoly of the means of…

— Noam Chomsky

“Every Christian who studies history can only grieve over the atrocities that have been committed in the name of God by people who refuse…

— Berit Kjos

Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they hold to it, and the worse the…

— Mercedes Lackey

We must never forget the atrocities of slavery as we continue to work towards equality.

— Al N. Green

“The terrified men did not move. Then Nadia Fedin did something instinctive; she drew her Nagant revolver and fired three short bursts into the…

— KGE Konkel

Human beings can be redeemed. Empires cannot. Our refusal to face the truth about empire, our refusal to defy the multitudinous crimes and atrocities…

— Chris Hedges