Against Quote by Jerry Costello

What distinguishes genocide from murder, and even from acts of political murder that claim as many victims, is the intent. The crime is wanting…

— Philip Gourevitch

As matters now stand, the combination of genocide, as conventionally understood, and crimes against humanity, seems sufficient to cover the criminality of political leaders,…

— Richard A. Falk

Genocide is not just a murderous madness; it is, more deeply, a politics that promises a utopia beyond politics - one people, one land,…

— Michael Ignatieff

“Genocide" is an invidious word that officials apply readily to cases of victimization in enemy states, but rarely if ever to similar or worse…

— Noam Chomsky

I think if there is to be a crime of 'political genocide' it needs to be formulated with great care and precision to avoid…

— Richard A. Falk

Genocide is like a dessert. It is made of the flesh and bones of woman and children, it is sweetened with the blood of…

— Terry Brooks

Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior.

— Jack Schwartz

Genocide is not war! It is more dangerous than war!

— Raphael Lemkin

By genocide we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group.

— Raphael Lemkin

Recognition of the Genocide is the triumph of human conscience and justice over intolerance and hatred.

— Serzh Sargsyan

Genocide, in my opinion - is an attempt by a powerful group completely to eradicate from the face of the Earth the existence of…

— Jimmy Carter

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history.

— James Lovelock