Attention Quote by Dan Simmons

In all ages the people have honored those who dishonored them. They have worshiped their destroyers; they have canonized the most gigantic liars, and…

— Anonymous

“Unmarked and unrecorded graves are for criminals and victims of atrocities.”

— Peter B. Lockhart

No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not quite beheaded.…

— Emile M. Cioran

“For among the many things that warfare does is temporarily define the entire enemy population as superfluous, as expendable—a redefinition that must take place…

— David E. Stannard

Whether it comes from a despotic sovereign or an elected president, from a murderous general or a beloved leader, I see power as an…

— Oriana Fallaci

“And it was not merely tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands, but hundreds of millions of people who were the obedient witnesses of…

— Vasily Grossman

Tyrants forego all respect for humanity in proportion as they are sunk beneath it. Taught to believe themselves of a different species, they really…

— William Hazlitt

No one pays attention to these killings, but the secret of the world is hidden in them.

— Roberto Bolano

If we say that monsters [people who do terrible evil] are beyond forgiving, we give them a power they should never have...they are given…

— Lewis B. Smedes

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims

— Rabindranath Tagore

The world sympathizes only with strong and powerful.

— Swami Vivekananda

People who have had power, when they become powerless, are really tragic.... We just allow ourselves to be conditioned by a society so we…

— Maggie Kuhn