Atrocities Quotes

Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Voltaire

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.
Voltaire

Long, Continue, Commit

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America.
Nelson Mandela

Country, America, United

The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.
George Orwell

Side, Committed, Capacity

As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.
Desmond Tutu

Evil, Human, Capacity

In the late 1990s, some of the worst terrorist atrocities in the world were what the Turkish government itself called state terror, namely massive atrocities, 80 percent of the arms coming from the United States, millions of refugees, tens of thousands of people killed, hideous repression, that's international terror, and we can go on and on.
Noam Chomsky

Government, State, Worst

Religious tolerance is something we should all practice; however, there have been more persecution and atrocities committed in the name of religion and religious freedom than anything else.
Walter Koenig

Religion, Freedom, Else

If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me.
Ted Allen

Forgive, Please, Committed

The idea of a federal betting parlor on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous and it's grotesque.
Ron Wyden

Idea, Terrorism, Ridiculous

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent.
Azar Nafisi

Knowledge, Cannot, Once

Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?
Tom Hayden

Why, American, Trip

The whole structure of African government, as far back as we know, was based on tyranny. One guy ran the show. Chiefs like Chaka and Mzilikazi committed terrible atrocities. That is the tradition from which modern African rulers spring. It won't change easily overnight.
Wilbur Smith

Change, Government, Spring

So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't mean they're good.
Adam Levine

Good, Mean, Eyes

It's one thing to say don't commit atrocities on the battlefield. It's another thing to say don't get caught doing atrocities.
Oliver North

Another, Caught, Commit

As a Jew I cannot sit idle while genocidal atrocities continue to unfold in Darfur, Sudan.
Jan Schakowsky

Cannot, While, Sit

Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like that. They just happen, it's human.
Clancy Brown

Nature, Political, Human

The problem is that the Iraqi people are facing atrocities from both sides - Zarqawi and also the American troops at times. The Zarqawi groups uses car bombs, the Americans use other bombs. You also know what they do in the prisons.
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

Car, Problem, American

It's true that humanity has seen a succession of crises, wars and atrocities, but this negative side is offset by advances in technology and cultural exchanges.
Abbe Pierre

Technology, True, Humanity

The United Nations has become a largely irrelevant, if not positively destructive institution, and the just-released U.N. report on the atrocities in Darfur, Sudan, proves the point.
Linda Chavez

Become, Point, United

The intrusions of the white race and the non- compliance with treaty obligations have been followed by atrocities that could alone satisfy a savage and revengeful spirit.
Nelson A. Miles

Alone, Spirit, Race

We receive reports now on a daily basis from our own people on the ground in Darfur on widespread atrocities and grave violations of human rights against the civilian population.
Jan Egeland

Daily, Human, Against

I think today that it is essential that the Rwandan tribunal continues to prosecute efficiently. And if the U.N. fails to do that, it is sending entirely the wrong message to people who are in the position to complete these atrocities again.
Tony Greig

Today, Wrong, Again

It's easy to forget history or give it a cliff notes. The cliff notes of history. But mainly, so much of what happens in 'Eyes on the Prize' happened in Jackson, Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi isn't really known for any other touchstone to the movement, other than Medgar Evers being killed. There were sit-ins and riots and atrocities.
Tate Taylor

History, Forget, Give

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