Democracy Quote by Rudolph Rummel

I think if there is to be a crime of 'political genocide' it needs to be formulated with great care and precision to avoid…

— Richard A. Falk

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

— Jack Schwartz

As matters now stand, the combination of genocide, as conventionally understood, and crimes against humanity, seems sufficient to cover the criminality of political leaders,…

— Richard A. Falk

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

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

— Pope John Paul II

The objective of US authorities was to terminate their existence as peoples - not as random individuals. This is the very definition of modern…

— Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Getting rid of the dictator is only a first step in establishing a free society. The dictatorship must also be disassembled.

— George Ayittey

I especially denounce the terrible mass murders, which I cannot understand. I never ordered any killing or tortures where I had the power to…

— Hermann Goring

Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide.

— Bianca Jagger

So many idealistic political movements for a better world have ended in mass-murdering dictatorships. Giving leaders enough power to create 'social justice' is giving…

— Thomas Sowell

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

— Philip Gourevitch

“...great and sustained destruction requires great ambition. It must be conceived as the means toward achieving a new order, and although the idea behind…

— Philip Gourevitch