Catastrophe Quote by Ruben Ostlund

“the easy acceptance of atrocities as a deplorable but necessary price to pay for progress (Hiroshima and Vietnam, to save Western civilization; Kronstadt and…

— Howard Zinn

We remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings to rescue those trapped inside, and the dauntless passengers on Flight 93 who laid…

— Todd Tiahrt

I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not…

— Elie Wiesel

I have the greatest respect for the survivors of the Holocaust. We can't even imagine what these people went through.

— Daniel Barenboim

There's a resistance for people to talk about things that make them feel guilty. When natural disasters happen, it's easier not to feel guilty…

— Walter Mosley

We rightfully reflect each Sept. 11 on the nearly 3,000 innocent Americans who lost their lives that day in 2001 and the heroes who…

— Brian Mast

It is always a strain when people are being killed. I don't think anybody has held this job who hasn't felt personally responsible for…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

In the context of September 11, there were so many that lost their lives that - how do you single out one person? There…

— Robert Mueller

Everyone sees drama from his own perspective. My father was killed by a German mine, while I lost other relatives in Allied bombing attacks.…

— Jean-Marie Le Pen

I've met many Holocaust survivors who find the era infinitely compelling because they have this deep hunger to understand how it all could possibly…

— Erik Larson

I was brought up to believe that a person must be rescued when drowning, regardless of religion and nationality. The term ‘hero’ irritates me…

— Irena Sendler

“Heroes. Brave men and women who lay down their lives for someone else... Our culture understands heroism. But we don’t understand martyrs.”

— DC Talk