Philip Gourevitch Quote

Do not avert your eyes.It is important that you see this.It is important that you feelthis.

Let my silence grow with noise as pregnant mothers grow with life. Let my silence permeate these walls as sunlight permeates a home. Let the silence rise from unwatered graves and craters left by bomb...

May we always be burdened with thinking of the suffering of others, for that is what it means to be human.

Some readers may have noticed an icy little missive from Noam Chomsky ["Letters," December 3], repudiating the very idea that he and I had disagreed on the "roots" of September 11. I rush to agree. He...

The 20th Century proved that there is nothing more dangerous to the health of ethnic minority communities than big government.

The little boats cannot make much difference to the welfare of Gaza either way, since the materials being shipped are in such negligible quantity. The chief significance of the enterprise is therefore...

Children are being killed, because some "adults" think life is a game.Something is amiss.When children shoot up other children in school, it's a national tragedy, and a week of mourning.When grown men...

It is not what you can do for your country, but what you can do for all of mankind.

The coining of their new catch-phrase 'homophiliac' displayed in contrast to 'homophobic' was rather amusing, though to think that they believe it means anything different to 'homophobic' is just face...

It is time to recognize the past and ongoing genocides to prevent new ones. Together we can build a better world!