--- title: "4 Genocide Quotes By Boutros Boutros-Ghali" description: "4 Genocide quotes by Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Plus more from Boutros Boutros-Ghali and more Genocide sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/boutros-boutros-ghali-19672_able_for-us-genocide-was-the-gas-chamber-what_2105061.png" --- > [For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/for-us-genocide-was-the-gas-chamber-what-happened-in-germany-we-were/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ee/boutros-boutros-ghali-19672_able_for-us-genocide-was-the-gas-chamber-what_2105061.png) > [But at the beginning, our definition of the genocide was what happened to Armenia in 1917 or 1919, it's happened to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/but-at-the-beginning-our-definition-of-the-genocide-was-what-happened/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/61a/boutros-boutros-ghali-19672_armenia_but-at-the-beginning-our-definition-of-t_2258096.jpg) > [We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/we-were-not-realizing-that-with-just-a-machete-you-can-do-a-genocide/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/955/boutros-boutros-ghali-19672_genocide_we-were-not-realizing-that-with-just-a-m_2288671.png) > [A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/a-genocide-in-africa-has-not-received-the-same-attention-that/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/075/boutros-boutros-ghali-19672_attention_a-genocide-in-africa-has-not-received-th_2863103.png) ## Other authors on Genocide - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 26 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/abhijit-naskar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-philip-gourevitch-75323.jpg) Philip Gourevitch 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/philip-gourevitch/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/noam-chomsky/) - [Widad Akreyi 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/widad-akreyi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steven-pinker-87519.jpg) Steven Pinker 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/steven-pinker/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-widad-akrawi-94932.jpg) Widad Akrawi 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/widad-akrawi/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roxanne-dunbarortiz-81448.jpg) Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-christopher-hitchens-23938.jpg) Christopher Hitchens 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/christopher-hitchens/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chris-bohjalian-23386.jpg) Chris Bohjalian 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/chris-bohjalian/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arundhati-roy-15126.jpg) Arundhati Roy 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/arundhati-roy/) - [Tom Gjelten 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/tom-gjelten/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-samantha-power-82636.jpg) Samantha Power 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/samantha-power/) ## More by Boutros Boutros-Ghali > [We must rid the world of the scourge of these agents of death and destruction](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/we-must-rid-the-world-of-the-scourge-of-these-agents-of-death-and/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/it-has-long-been-recognized-that-an-essential-element-in-protecting/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [Water will be more important than oil this century](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/water-will-be-more-important-than-oil-this-century/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [The real problem was not the troops; the real problem was that only the United States had the infrastructure to do the transport of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/the-real-problem-was-not-the-troops-the-real-problem-was-that-only/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [I believe it will take time to find a solution to the problem. Thus we must have patience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/i-believe-it-will-take-time-to-find-a-solution-to-the-problem-thus-we/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [While the broad principles of democracy are universal, the fact remains that their application varies considerably ... We are at the beginning of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/while-the-broad-principles-of-democracy-are-universal-the-fact/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [Democracy is an objective. Democratization is a process. Democratization serves the cause of peace because it offers the possibility of justice and of progressive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/democracy-is-an-objective-democratization-is-a-process/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [The problem is when you are writing something in retrospective, it needs a lot of courage not to change, or you will forget a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/the-problem-is-when-you-are-writing-something-in-retrospective-it/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/so-this-is-why-i-m-always-say-happy-that-somebody-mentions-rwanda/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [But I believe that the DPKO at this time was very much involved with American administration and was acting, taking on consideration the demand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/but-i-believe-that-the-dpko-at-this-time-was-very-much-involved-with/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [When you have an accident, they will save their own people, and those who have worked with you or with the NGOs are left.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/when-you-have-an-accident-they-will-save-their-own-people-and-those/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [There is a greater fatigue concerning the African problem today than five or 10 years ago. The situation now in Africa is worse today…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/there-is-a-greater-fatigue-concerning-the-african-problem-today-than/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [Co-operative enterprises provide the organisational means whereby a significant proportion of humanity is able to take into its own hands the tasks of creating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/co-operative-enterprises-provide-the-organisational-means-whereby-a/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [Only stupid people don't change their minds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/only-stupid-people-don-t-change-their-minds/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) > [I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/i-used-to-say-i-never-talk-about-my-successor-neither-about-my/) [Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/genocide/boutros-boutros-ghali/#itemlist", "name": "4 Genocide Quotes By Boutros Boutros-Ghali", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. 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