Raphael Lemkin quotes

“By genocide we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group.”
-- Raphael Lemkin

Source : Axis Rule in Occupied Europe preface (1944).

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“Genocide has two phases: one, destruction of the national pattern of the oppressed group; the other, the imposition of the national pattern of the oppressor. This imposition, in turn, may be made upon the oppressed population which is allowed to remain or upon the territory alone, after removal of the population and the colonization by the oppressor's own nationals.”
-- Raphael Lemkin

Source : Raphael Lemkin (2008). “Axis Rule in Occupied Europe”, p.79, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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“It is intended to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the lives of the individuals belonging to such groups.”
-- Raphael Lemkin

Source : Raphael Lemkin (2008). “Axis Rule in Occupied Europe”, p.79, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

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“If you act in the name of conscience you are stronger than any government in the world.”
-- Raphael Lemkin

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“Genocide is not war! It is more dangerous than war!”
-- Raphael Lemkin

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“I became interested in genocide, because it happened so many times. It happened to the Armenians and after the Armenians, Hitler took action.”
-- Raphael Lemkin

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“Why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual?”
-- Raphael Lemkin

Source : "Weekly Update for October 17: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You" by Inkoo Kang, www.indiewire.com. October 17, 2014.

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“Only man has law. Law must be built, do you understand me? You must build the law.”
-- Raphael Lemkin

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“God wants us to speak to men so that they will feel it, so that they will never forget it. God means every Christian to be effective, to make a difference in the actual records and results of Christian work. God put each of us here to be a power. There is not one of us but is an essential wheel of the machinery and can accomplish all that God calls us to.”

“The whole bible is the working out of the relationship between God and man. God is not a dictator barking out orders and demanding silent obedience. Were it so, there would be no relationship at all. No real relationship goes just one way. There are always two active parties. We must have reverence and awe for God, and honor for the chain of tradition. But that doesn't mean we can't use new information to help us read the holy texts in new ways.”

“I find placebos uplifting and exhilarating. It means that taking action--no matter what the action is--might help you feel better.”

“We're not going to survive in this world, temporally or spiritually, without increased faith in the Lord-and I don't mean a positive mental attitude-I mean downright solid faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. That is the one thing that gives vitality and power to otherwise rather weak individuals.”

“Im so sick of people treating Latinos like some homogenous group that all feel the same way about everything.”

“If you get beyond the political rhetoric [and assembled a group to solve Social Security] it would take them 15 minutes. It would take them 15 minutes only because 10 minutes was used for pleasantries.”

“I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.”

“There were no exceptions for the aged, the ill, the women in pregnancy.”

Source : Herbert Adams Gibbons (1916). “The Blackest Page of Modern History: Events in Armenia in 1915 : The Facts and the Responsibilities”

“Millions also perished in the Chinese camps, and there have been terrible genocides in Cambodia and Vietnam.”

“Evil, unchecked, is the prelude to genocide. - Anonymous”