Genocide Quote by Nicholas D. Kristof

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

— Raphael Lemkin

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

— Jack Schwartz

When genocide is committed, it must be seen. People must look at it with open eyes, not minimize its impact.

— Nadia Murad

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 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

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

— Michael Ignatieff

For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can…

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

A process of genocide is being carried out before the eyes of the world.

— Pope John Paul II

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

— Raphael Lemkin

If there's a clear genocide somewhere, don't we really want to positively impact that kind of a situation? Isn't that what we're all about?…

— Gary Johnson

The genocide (in Rwanda) was a collective act. What made it possible, what made that final political crime possible, was the absence, the erasure,…

— James Orbinski