Syria is bad enough, it's a pretty terrible atrocity. But there are much worse ones in the world. So for example, the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The reign of terror to which France submitted has been more justly termed "the reign of cowardice." One knows not which most… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Indeed, the ideal for a well-functioning democratic state is like the ideal for a gentleman's well-cut suit it is not noticed. For… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“For Sade, all tenderness is false, a deceit, a trap; all pleasure contains within itself the seeds of atrocities; all beds are… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
There is direct correlation between a society lacking in artistic vision to lack of social conscience, i.e., crime, poverty, and senseless, violent… — Vanna Bonta Copy Share Image
There are, and always have been, destructive pseudo-scientific notions linked to race and religion; these are the most widespread and damaging. Hopefully,… — Martin Gardner Copy Share Image
Whenever we read the obscene stories, the voluptuous debaucheries, the cruel and tortuous executions, the unrelenting vindictiveness with which more than half… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Historical atrocities have certainly shown that dehumanizing any group is the first step toward genocide. — Robert Paul Weston Copy Share Image
The Augustinian doctrine of the damnation of unbaptized infants and the Calvinistic doctrine of reprobation . . . surpass in atrocity any… — William Edward Hartpole Lecky Copy Share Image