Conviction Quote by Andrea Dworkin

I think if there is to be a crime of 'political genocide' it needs to be formulated with great care and precision to avoid…

— Richard A. Falk

“Genocide" is an invidious word that officials apply readily to cases of victimization in enemy states, but rarely if ever to similar or worse…

— Noam Chomsky

As matters now stand, the combination of genocide, as conventionally understood, and crimes against humanity, seems sufficient to cover the criminality of political leaders,…

— Richard A. Falk

What distinguishes genocide from murder, and even from acts of political murder that claim as many victims, is the intent. The crime is wanting…

— Philip Gourevitch

Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior.

— Jack Schwartz

Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people, one land,…

— Michael Ignatieff

Mr. Speaker, genocide is the most potent of all crimes against humanity because it is an effort to systematically wipe out a people and…

— Jerry Costello

Genocide is not a legitimate option. It's not ok to decide that an entire population has no right to live in the world. No…

— Judith Butler

“Genocide is only possible when dehumanization happens on a massive scale, and the perfect tool for this job is propaganda: it keys right into…

— David Eagleman

Expulsion and genocide, though both are international offenses, must remain distinct; the former is an offense against fellow-nations, whereas the latter is an attack…

— Hannah Arendt

By genocide we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group.

— Raphael Lemkin

Quibbling over the definition of genocide does nothing but help obscure the long history of vicious racism and undeniable suffering of Indigenous people in…

— Neil Macdonald