Best Norman Finkelstein Quotes
- There is no way a non-Jew could say what I did in 'The Holocaust Industry' without being labelled a Holocaust denier. I am labelled a… Denier
- When I was a young man, my mother said to me, 'You can't be a communist without being a militant atheist.' So I had to… Atheist
- Judging by opinion polls, Israel has bigger problems than me. It is among the most hated countries on the planet. It should stop acting like… Acting
- I focus on my work. If I let myself get distracted by the insults and slanders I wouldn't get anything substantive done. Distracted
- I had been a Maoist, and then when the Gang of Four was overthrown, I was completely distraught. I was bedridden for three weeks; it… Bedridden
- Personal convictions are not politics. Personal convictions, if they become the subject of a group conviction, they become a cult. Conviction
- Teaching is in my bones. I love to teach. Bones
- The real goal of politics has to be getting people to act on what they already know was wrong. Act
- The moment you have massive social and political commentary trying to explain a phenomenon, then you know we are no longer dealing with a strictly… Commentary
- I voted for Nader, and I have no doubts at all that it was the right thing to do because the Nader candidacy was extremely… All
- Why should Americans go on with their lives as normal, worrying about calories and hair loss, while other people are worrying about where they are… American
- I was bashing Israel in the past because nobody else was exposing its true record. Many people are doing it now, so I switched hats… Bashing
- No conditions justify torture. Conditions
- My original interest in the Nazi holocaust was personal. Both my father and mother were survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Nazi concentration camps.… Apart
- I am opposed to any state with an ethnic character, not only to Israel. Any
- No doubt one can, in light of further study and life experience, come to repudiate past convictions. Convictions
- Conversion and zealotry, just like revelation and apostasy, are flip sides of the same coin, the currency of a political culture having more in common… Apostasy
- I was probably unusually close to my parents, so I do what I can now to preserve the integrity of their memory. The Holocaust deserves… Close
- The whole purpose of annual reviews is to keep you abreast of whether or not you are fulfilling the requirements of tenure. Abreast
- Both my father and mother were survivors of the Warsaw Ghetto and the Nazi concentration camps. Apart from my parents, every family member on both… Apart
- People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their country from invaders who are destroying… Country