Atrocities Quotes

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... I did not set out to be beloved and just, only strong." 'A King can be better than that," the Prince insisted. "And so… — Catherynne M. Valente
The trouble with Eichmann was precisely that so many were like him, and that the many were neither perverted nor sadistic, that they were, and… — Hannah Arendt
Atrocity is recognized as such by victim and predator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating… — Frank Herbert
Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence. — George Orwell
I have suffered the atrocity of sunsets. — Sylvia Plath
Man is the only animal that deals in that atrocity of atrocities War. He is the only one that gathers his brethren about him and… — Mark Twain
I believed the reason there was a God was to prevent such atrocities from happening to the same person twice. But nothing prepared me for… — Jodi Picoult
The men who committed the atrocities of September 11 were certainly not "cowards," as they were repeatedly described in the Western media, nor were they… — Sam Harris
It is unthinkable in the twentieth century to fail to distinguish between what constitutes an abominable atrocity that must be prosecuted and what constitutes that… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
As a person i couldnt say, although i am well apuainted with tales of his atrocities. every time brom and i crossed paths with him,… — Christopher Paolini
A furious Peeta hammers Haymitch with the atrocity he could become party to, but I can feel Haymitch watching me. This is the moment, then.… — Suzanne Collins
The foundation of individual rights is the assumption that people have wants and needs and are authorities on what those wants and needs are. If… — Steven Pinker
The take-home message is that we should blame religion itself, not religious extremism - as though that were some kind of terrible perversion of real,… — Richard Dawkins
I do not say that there is no glory to be gained [in war]; but it is not personal glory. In itself, no cause was… — G.A. Henty
Destiny is a lie. Destiny is justification for atrocity. It is the means by which murderers armour themselves against reprimand. It is a word intended… — Steven Erikson
Wars raged everywhere as men found new, inventive ways to kill even more of their race. It was like a contest, the many tribes of… — Darren Shan
Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they hold to it, and the worse the things… — Mercedes Lackey
When one watches some tired hack on the platform mechanically repeating the familiar phrases - bestial atrocities, iron heel, blood-stained tyranny, free peoples of the… — George Orwell
It's obsequious little nicety-nice girls like me who allow assholes to run the world: Miss Harlot O'Harlots, billionaire phony tree huggers, hypocrite drug-snorting, weed-puffing peace… — Chuck Palahniuk
Ideology always paves the way toward atrocity. — Terence McKenna

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