--- title: "Best Richard A. Falk Sayings" description: "Richard Anderson Falk is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, and Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor's Chai..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-a-falk-78381.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Richard A. Falk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-a-falk-78381.jpg) # Richard A. Falk **82** quotes in **847** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Richard Anderson Falk is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, and Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor's Chairman of the board of trustees. ## Quick Facts About Richard A. Falk Notable works Crimes of war ## About Richard A. Falk Richard Anderson Falk is an American professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, and Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor's Chairman of the board of trustees. In 2004, he was listed as the author or coauthor of 20 books and the editor or coeditor of another 20 volumes. Falk has published extensively with multiple books written about international law and the United Nations. ## Quotes by Richard A. Falk · Page 3 > [Cumulatively, American society is sliding toward a new form of 'authoritarian democracy'. Elections continue, free speech is generally protected, institutions operate in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-a-falk/cumulatively-american-society-is-sliding-toward-a-new-form-of/) [Richard A. 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