20th century Quote by Rudolph Rummel

“Across Europe some 11 million men lay dead, including 2 million Germans, 1.4 million Frenchmen, and 900,000 British. Another 21 million had been wounded,…

— Liaquat Ahamed

“The 20th century merits the name "The Century of Murder." 1915 Turks slaughtered 2 million Armenians. 1933 to 1954 the Soviet government encompassed the…

— Raul Hilberg

According to the reports we have gathered, mostly from the refugees, it appears that around 10,000 people have been killed in more than 100…

— Geoff Hoon

“The figures for 2002 are even more surprising. Out of 57 million dead, only 172,000 people died in war and 569,000 died of violent…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Submission can be forced with brutality. In the last century alone, over 100 million humans were murdered in the name of ideology by authoritarian…

— Erika Ilves

We have received credible reports that show a clear and consistent pattern: entire villages are looted, burned down and sometimes bombed. Large numbers of…

— Jan Egeland

“It has been reliably established that from 1933 to 1945 millions of innocent people were systematically slaughtered on command. Gas chambers were built, death…

— Stanley Milgram

“Today, the global average is only 1.5 per cent, taking war and crime together. During the twentieth century, only 5 per cent of human…

— Yuval Noah Harari

“Between the first case recorded on 4 March 1918, and the last sometime in March 1920, it killed 50–100 million people, or between 2.5…

— Laura Spinney

We have to keep in mind that it's not just about the numbers of people who died; it's also the manner which many of…

— Iris Chang

“What has been the biggest cause of bloodshed?  In fact, what has been the leading cause of death, in America over the last thirty…

— John Price

There are people starving in the siege, there are children traumatized and terrified. There are men women and children dying. This is a situation…

— Hanan Ashrawi