Creation Quote by Malcolm Fraser

It occurred to me that memorials shouldn't be grand. If you really want to honor the memory of a tragedy, you shouldn't create areas…

— Clemantine Wamariya

Reconciliation is one of the hardest words. We almost forget, but there's always a little group that can't.

— Roma Tearne

Reconciliation will not work if it puts a higher value on symbolic gestures and overblown promises rather than the practical needs of Aboriginal and…

— Warren Mundine

Reconciliation has taken place here in Rwanda and was successful because Rwandans reconciled themselves internally. If the tribunal had taken place in Rwanda, it…

— Paul Kagame

The reconciliation is not based on the fact that one of the characters opens his eyes and says, "O brother! O sister! How terrible…

— Amos Oz

MONUMENT, n. A structure intended to commemorate something which either needs no commemoration or cannot be commemorated.

— Ambrose Bierce

Every American should have a say in the memorials we choose to build in our nation. Family members have a special responsibility.

— Susan Eisenhower

When you build a memorial, you build it not because the person wanted it, but for the future -- for generations who didn't know…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

The absence of a monument can, in its own way, be something of a monument also.

— Roger Zelazny

“I'm not a big fan of memorials." "Oh yeah?" "A memorial implies that the only victims are the ones in the ground. I think…

— Mariko Tamaki

On my recent trip to Israel, I had the opportunity to visit Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust memorial, and reaffirm our collective responsibility to…

— Barack Obama

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

— Charles Williams