What distinguishes genocide from murder, and even from acts of political murder that claim as many victims, is the intent. The crime… — Philip Gourevitch Copy Share Image
I think that the memory of Armenia's genocide opened my eyes at an early age to the existence of political cynicism. — Serj Tankian Copy Share Image
The other thing is even the Jews in the course - even though metaphorically aligning themselves with Indians, and, you know, you… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
“Language can never 'pin down' slavery, genocide, war. Nor should it yearn for the arrogance to be able to do so. Its… — Toni Morrison Copy Share Image
I say to all those leaders, do not look the other way. Do not hesitate... It is within your power to avoid… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Religion, by its very nature as an untestable belief in undetectable beings and an unknowable afterlife, disables our reality checks. It ends… — Greta Christina Copy Share Image
“If you steal from the thieves, can they call the cops! If you heist from the blackmarket, is it really a crime!… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
“Behold, the Spring has come; the earth has received the embraces of the sun and we shall soon see the results of… — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
We still name our military helicopter gunships after victims of genocide. Nobody bats an eyelash about that: Blackhawk. Apache. And Comanche. If… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Genocide, in my opinion - is an attempt by a powerful group completely to eradicate from the face of the Earth the… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression,… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior. — Jack Schwartz Copy Share Image
“There's no such thing as slave traders, get your language straight, you idiots - they were human traffickers, not traders, you trade… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
With Islamophobic tendencies in Europe and North America it is quite possible that Islamic leaders could be charged with 'political genocide'. An… — Richard A. Falk Copy Share Image
My dad was a journalist. He was in Rwanda right after the genocide. In Berlin when the wall came down. He was… — Patrick J. Adams Copy Share Image
“I once spoke to someone who had survived the genocide in Rwanda, and she said to me that there was now nobody… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
I became interested in genocide, because it happened so many times. It happened to the Armenians and after the Armenians, Hitler took… — Raphael Lemkin Copy Share Image
Planned Parenthood has been far more lethal to black lives than the KKK ever was. And the Democrat Party and the black… — E.W. Jackson Copy Share Image
Leaned on by Turkey and understandably wary of false equivalences - for not every death is a massacre, and not every war… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism,… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
“Genocide" is an invidious word that officials apply readily to cases of victimization in enemy states, but rarely if ever to similar… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Auschwitz cries out with the pain of immense suffering and pleads for a future of respect, peace and encounter among peoples. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is statistically proven that the strongest institution that guarantees procreation and continuity of the generations is marriage between one man and… — Alveda King Copy Share Image
“One thing people wonder is why the Jews did not defend themselves, why we were like lambs led to the slaughter. In… — Jack Mandelbaum Copy Share Image
Nationalism of one kind or another was the cause of most of the genocide of the twentieth century. Flags are bits of… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
