"The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never……" — Philip Gourevitch
"The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory of Auschwitz, the problem remains that denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good."
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9 Quotes by Philip Gourevitch
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The piled-up dead of political violence are a generic staple of our information diet these days, and according to the…
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Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good.
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Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building.
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The people are living seperately together," he said. "So there is responsibility. I cry, you cry. You cry, I cry.…
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