We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds of murderers and rapists... to understand how those evil things came about. Jared Diamond American Author More Jared Diamond Quotes 1
Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction social and political discrimination. Andrea Dworkin American Critic More Andrea Dworkin Quotes 0
A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other part of the world. There is still this kind of basic discrimination against the African people and the African problems. Boutros Boutros-Ghali Egyptian Public Servant More Boutros Boutros-Ghali Quotes 0
But at the beginning, our definition of the genocide was what happened to Armenia in 1917 or 1919, it's happened to the Jew in Europe, and we were not realizing - In our point of view, they have not the tools to do a genocide. Boutros Boutros-Ghali Egyptian Public Servant More Boutros Boutros-Ghali Quotes 0
For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide. Boutros Boutros-Ghali Egyptian Public Servant More Boutros Boutros-Ghali Quotes 0
We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide. Boutros Boutros-Ghali Egyptian Public Servant More Boutros Boutros-Ghali Quotes 0
If Turkey is prepared to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, then its leaders can proceed immediately to direct dialogue with its counterparts in Armenia to define a common vision for the future. Mark Foley American Politician More Mark Foley Quotes 0
I was employed as an investigator and my particular team, we were investigating the role of the business community in the genocide and we identified a bunch of leaders of the business community and I investigated two people. Tony Greig South African Athlete More Tony Greig Quotes 0
Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Alcee Hastings American Politician More Alcee Hastings Quotes 0
Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without the genocide of those Old Guard, bristling Indian tribes? Edward Hoagland American Author More Edward Hoagland Quotes 0
Moreover, as the leadership of the House confirmed last year, the Administration remains opposed to a congressional resolution on the Armenian Genocide due to Turkish objections. This approach sends absolutely the wrong signal to Turkey and to the rest of the world. Patrick J. Kennedy American Politician More Patrick J. Kennedy Quotes 0
In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of chemical and biological weapons, aggression against two neighbors - has been removed in itself is a positive development. Jose Ramos-Horta More Jose Ramos-Horta Quotes 0
You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on your watch. Nicholas D. Kristof American Writer More Nicholas D. Kristof Quotes 0
There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history. James Lovelock English Scientist More James Lovelock Quotes 0
Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf. John McCarthy American Politician More John McCarthy Quotes 0
Committing genocide on behalf of an institution generates greater loyalty to it than merely getting people fired from their jobs on its behalf. John McCarthy American Politician More John McCarthy Quotes 0
We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home. John McCain American Politician More John McCain Quotes 0
We can make a difference. We can save lives. We can stop the genocide. Kendrick Meek American Politician More Kendrick Meek Quotes 0
So let us call genocide, genocide. Let us not minimize the deliberate murder of 1.5 million people. Let us have a moral victory that can shine as a light to all nations. Adam Schiff American Politician More Adam Schiff Quotes 0
Some argue that recognition of the genocide has become even more problematic now, when the world is at war with terrorism and the United States cannot afford to offend the sensibility of our Turkish ally. Adam Schiff American Politician More Adam Schiff Quotes 0
The legacy of the Armenian Genocide is woven into the fabric of America. Adam Schiff American Politician More Adam Schiff Quotes 0
The 20th century taught us how far unbridled evil can and will go when the world fails to confront it. It is time that we heed the lessons of the 20th century and stand up to these murderers. It is time that we end genocide in the 21st century. Allyson Schwartz American Politician More Allyson Schwartz Quotes 0
Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior. Jack Schwartz Scientist More Jack Schwartz Quotes 0
Israel is now sustaining a war for its own existence. A nation defending its citizens against terrorist bombings and a military and diplomatic onslaught by an array of Arab foes is practicing survival, not genocide. Jack Schwartz Scientist More Jack Schwartz Quotes 0
What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands. Simon Wiesenthal Austrian Activist More Simon Wiesenthal Quotes 0