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> [Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/denouncing-evil-is-a-far-cry-from-doing-good/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

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## More by Philip Gourevitch

> [“Like Leontius, the young Athenian in Plato, I presume that you are reading this because you desire a closer look, and that you, too,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/like-leontius-the-young-athenian-in-plato-i-presume-that-you-are/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [“…the war about the genocide was truly a postmodern war: a battle between those who believed that because the realities we inhabit are constructs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/the-war-about-the-genocide-was-truly-a-postmodern-war-a-battle/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [“As far as the political, military, and economic interests of the world’s powers go, (Rwanda) might as well be Mars. In fact, Mars is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/as-far-as-the-political-military-and-economic-interests-of-the-world/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [“...great and sustained destruction requires great ambition. It must be conceived as the means toward achieving a new order, and although the idea behind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/great-and-sustained-destruction-requires-great-ambition-it-must-be/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [“An animal will kill, but never to completely annihilate a race, a whole collectively. What does this make us in this world?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/an-animal-will-kill-but-never-to-completely-annihilate-a-race-a-whole/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [“Killing Tutsis was a political tradition in postcolonial Rwanda; it brought people together.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/killing-tutsis-was-a-political-tradition-in-postcolonial-rwanda-it/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/the-west-s-post-holocaust-pledge-that-genocide-would-never-again-be/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [“My definition of a good book is one that you would read for pleasure despite having no prior interest in the subject. The ostensible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/my-definition-of-a-good-book-is-one-that-you-would-read-for-pleasure/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [ “Just as a state's police swear to prevent and punish murder, so the signers of the Genocide Convention \[in 1948\] swore to police a… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/just-as-a-state-s-police-swear-to-prevent-and-punish-murder-so-the/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [“When you're that resigned and oppressed you're already dead. It shows the genocide was prepared for too long. I detest this fear. These victims…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/when-you-re-that-resigned-and-oppressed-you-re-already-dead-it-shows/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [“Colonisation is violence, and there are many ways to carry out that violence. In addition to military and administrative chiefs and a veritable army…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/colonisation-is-violence-and-there-are-many-ways-to-carry-out-that/)

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> [The people are living seperately together," he said. "So there is responsibility. I cry, you cry. You cry, I cry. We all come running,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/the-people-are-living-seperately-together-he-said-so-there-is/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [Political corruption is to Rhode Islanders as smog is to people who live in Los Angeles: nobody complains of its absence, but when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/political-corruption-is-to-rhode-islanders-as-smog-is-to-people-who/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/genocide-after-all-is-an-exercise-in-community-building/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

> [“So there is responsibility. I cry, you cry. We all come running, and the one that stays quiet, the one that stays home, must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/so-there-is-responsibility-i-cry-you-cry-we-all-come-running-and-the/)

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