Any Quote by Michael Ignatieff

Genocide involves the attempt to achieve the disappearance of a group by whatever means. It does not have to be violent, it could be…

— Malcolm Fraser

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

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

Mr. Speaker, genocide is the most potent of all crimes against humanity because it is an effort to systematically wipe out a people and…

— Jerry Costello

Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building.

— Philip Gourevitch

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

— Raphael Lemkin

“Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building...In 1994, Rwanda was regarded in much of the rest of the world as the exemplary…

— Philip Gourevitch

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

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

— Jack Schwartz

“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

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

— Raphael Lemkin

Genocide is not a legitimate option. It's not ok to decide that an entire population has no right to live in the world. No…

— Judith Butler