Genocide Quotes

269 Genocide quotes by 221 unique authors

I was employed as an investigator and my particular team, we were investigating the role of the business community in the genocide and we identified… — Tony Greig
The cruel policy initiated by Columbus and pursued by his successors resulted in complete genocide. — Samuel Eliot Morison
The 20th century taught us how far unbridled evil can and will go when the world fails to confront it. It is time that we… — Allyson Schwartz
My parents often wondered why I would grow so indignant at the falsification and exploitation of the Nazi genocide. The most obvious answer is that… — Norman Finkelstein
Major international interventions are doomed unless the US is directly or indirectly involved. But if American politicians, officials and servicemen are to be put at… — Margaret Thatcher
Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention… — Alcee Hastings
Do you see law and order? There is nothing but disorder, and instead of law there is the illusion of security. It is an illusion… — Mumia Abu-Jamal
Some people accused me of being pro-MuslimÂ in Bosnia, but I realised that our job is to give all sides an equal hearing, but in… — Christiane Amanpour
The land on which they (the Founding Fathers) formed this Union was stolen. The hands with which they built this nation were enslaved. The women… — Melissa Harris-Perry
Words without deeds violates the moral and legal obligation we have under the genocide convention but, more importantly, violates our sense of right and wrong… — Jon Corzine
The history of interactions among disparate peoples is what shaped the modern world through conquest, epidemics and genocide. Those collisions created reverberations that have still… — Jared Diamond
The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory… — Philip Gourevitch
What distinguishes genocide from murder, and even from acts of political murder that claim as many victims, is the intent. The crime is wanting to… — Philip Gourevitch
Despite all the lunacy of the last century, all the absurdity of war and genocide, we believe that humans being are rational and are made… — Timothy Radcliffe
As I tell people about genocide, I get the opportunity to redeem myself. Iâ€™ve had the chance to do something thatâ€™s worth me being alive...… — Loung Ung
This year marks 20 years since the Rwandan genocide -- the world's greatest humanitarian tragedy of the late 20th century. The international community had pledged… — Park Geun-hye
In its sacredness, families get together to (unintentionally?) celebrate one genocide (against Native Americans) by committing another (against turkeys). — Unknown Author
... As long as you continue to tar social democracy with all the crimes of communism, I feel equally entitled to tar the free market… — Unknown Author
Evil, unchecked, is the prelude to genocide. - Anonymous — Joel C. Rosenberg
I'd like to teach Iraq about Democracy because we're so experienced with it. First they should know that after 100 years they should free their… — Kurt Vonnegut

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