Peter Benenson Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

“Those who today still feel a sense of impotence can do something: they can support Amnesty International. They can help it to stand up for freedom and justice.”
-- Peter Benenson

Source : The Amnesty International Report, p. 22, 2002.

#Justice Quotes #Support Quotes #Amnesty International Quotes

“Open your newspaper - any day of the week - and you will find a report from somewhere in the world of someone being imprisoned, tortured or executed because his opinions or religion are unacceptable to his government.”
-- Peter Benenson

Source : The Observer, May 28, 1961.

#Government Quotes #World Quotes #Opinion Quotes

“Its the publicity function of Amnesty that I think has made its name so widely known, not only to readers in the world, but to governments - and thats what matters.”
-- Peter Benenson

#Thinking Quotes #Government Quotes #Names Quotes

“Torture is banned but in two-thirds of the world's countries it is still being committed in secret. Too many governments still allow wrongful imprisonment, murder or "disappearance" to be carried out by their officials with impunity”
-- Peter Benenson

Source : The Amnesty International Annual Report (p. 22), 2002.

#Country Quotes #Government Quotes #Two Quotes

“The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who "disappeared". That's what the candle is for”
-- Peter Benenson

#Way Quotes #Prison Quotes #Shots Quotes

“Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the candle in barbed wire. When I first lit the Amnesty candle, I had in mind the old Chinese proverb: 'Better light a candle than curse the darkness.'”
-- Peter Benenson

#Light Quotes #Darkness Quotes #Chinese Quotes

“Pressure of opinion a hundred years ago brought about the emancipation of the slaves'.”
-- Peter Benenson

Source : Peter Benenson's remarks in 1961, as quoted in Paul Gordon Lauren "The Evolution of International Human Rights: Visions Seen" (p. 251), 2011.

#Years Quotes #Pressure Quotes #Opinion Quotes

“Those who deplore our militants, who exhort patience in the name of a false peace, are in fact supporting segregation and exploitation. They would have social peace at the expense of social and racial justice. They are more concerned with easing racial tension than enforcing racial democracy.”

“Earth's dispossessed are vulnerable targets for extremists: those who teach that global justice is meaningless; that satisfaction can come only in violence, division, and intellectual isolation.”

“Education for all seems to be the product of a type of distributive justice that is in no way related to the individual.”

“I have the time needed to support the album and tour.”

“I'm an immigrant myself. I'd probably support it, but I can't do much.”

“It's great when people appreciate your work, but I don't know how seriously to take it. The amazing thing is that I found something so early that I can support myself doing, and that can even be extremely lucrative, but I love it either way.”

“I think that they participated in something that was not very proper and was very pitiful, not only for the Algerian people, but also for the other people who counted on our support.”

Source : "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.

“I know that it's probably not a good idea for a comedian, especially a satirist, to support a public policy group or a politician. This is something I learned only too well years ago when I did a fundraiser for Pol Pot. A few years later I saw 'The Killing Fields,' and I've got to tell you, I just felt like a schmuck.”

“The Bush administration works closely with a network of rapid response digital brownshirts who work to pressure reporters and their editors for 'undermining support for our troops.'”

“I support public and private partnerships whenever appropriate in order to achieve our goal of a prosperous and vibrant downtown.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.