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> [It is the collective responsibility of the citizens in a modern state to ensure by all means necessary that its government adheres to the rule of law, not just domestically, but internationally. There are no bystanders. No one is entitled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/it-is-the-collective-responsibility-of-the-citizens-in-a-modern-state/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

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## Other authors on Bystanders

- [Ralph Waldo Emerson 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bystanders/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

## More by Ward Churchill

> [The American people are free to do exactly what they are told.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/the-american-people-are-free-to-do-exactly-what-they-are-told/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [They were targeting those people I referred to as 'little Eichmanns.' These were legitimate targets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/they-were-targeting-those-people-i-referred-to-as-little-eichmanns/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [The term 'human rights defender,' incidentally, isn't something I or my attorneys came up with. Personally, I find it a little embarrassing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/the-term-human-rights-defender-incidentally-isn-t-something-i-or-my/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [People have a bad habit of blaming the victims. Damn Jews! If hadn't been for them the Nazis wouldn't have exterminated 'em all!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/people-have-a-bad-habit-of-blaming-the-victims-damn-jews-if-hadn-t/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [“If the U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, they cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned. On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/if-the-u-s-foreign-policy-results-in-massive-death-and-destruction/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [Could it be that toxic mimics are toxic because they ignore responsibility, they ignore relationship, they ignore presence, they substitute control for fluidity and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/could-it-be-that-toxic-mimics-are-toxic-because-they-ignore/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [When you kill 500,000 children in order to impose your will on other countries, then you shouldn't be surprised when somebody responds in kind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/when-you-kill-500-000-children-in-order-to-impose-your-will-on-other/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [My comments are reserved for reputable journalists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/my-comments-are-reserved-for-reputable-journalists/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [I hear Republicans and Libertarians and so forth talking about property rights, but they stop talking about property rights as soon as the subject…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/i-hear-republicans-and-libertarians-and-so-forth-talking-about/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [There's always merit to having a debate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/there-s-always-merit-to-having-a-debate/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [Guess what? By virtue of being American, you are not innocent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/guess-what-by-virtue-of-being-american-you-are-not-innocent/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [I consider PirateBallerina to be the most credible news source in the Denver area.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/i-consider-pirateballerina-to-be-the-most-credible-news-source-in-the/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [Among the worst examples is that of the Alberni Indian Residential School (British Columbia) where, during the 1920s, children caught talking Indian suffered the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/among-the-worst-examples-is-that-of-the-alberni-indian-residential/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [In Israel, the maximum legal penalty for denying the existence of God is one year in prison, while the punishment for denying the existence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/in-israel-the-maximum-legal-penalty-for-denying-the-existence-of-god/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

> [And why, by the way, did it take Arabs to do what people here should have done a long time ago?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ward-churchill/and-why-by-the-way-did-it-take-arabs-to-do-what-people-here-should/)

[Ward Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ward-churchill/)

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