“ Scientists and inventors of the USA (especially in the so-called "blue state" that voted overwhelmingly against Trump) have to think long and hard whether they want to continue research that will help… Piero Scaruffi
“ People will come to test and divide us, but, as long as we keep compassion in our hearts for others, they won't win. Stewart Stafford
“ I really do think that if for one week in the United States we saw the true face of war, we saw people's limbs sheared off, we saw kids blown apart, for one week, war would be eradicated. Instead, wha… Amy Goodman
“ We donot qualify as humans going by our acts, but we surely prove through our vulnerability and sufferings! Ramana Pemmaraju
“ This book appears at a time when public discussion of the common atrocities of sexual and domestic life has been made possible by the women’s movement, and when public discussion of the common atrocit… Judith Lewis Herman
“ Do not open your minds to the filtering of the fallacious doctrine that it is less infamous to murder men for their politics than for their religion or their money, or that the courage to execute the… John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
“ The ORDINARY RESPONSE TO ATROCITIES is to banish them from consciousness. Certain violations of the social compact are too terrible to utter aloud: this is the meaning of the word unspeakable.Atrociti… Judith Lewis Herman
“ People who have survived atrocities often tell their stories in a highly emotional, contradictory and fragmented manner. Judith Lewis Herman
“ Psychological trauma is an affliction of the powerless. At the moment of trauma, the victim is rendered helpless by overwhelming force. When the force is that of nature, we speak of disasters. When th… Judith Lewis Herman
“ It is true that all of us are the beneficiaries of crimes committed by our ancestors, and it is true that nothing can be done about that now because the victims are dead and the survivors are innocent… Damon Knight
“ As a human rights activist it is concerning to me that those committing atrocities against vulnerable people view these atrocities as 'progress', and assert with pride and conviction that they are 'Ch… Christina Engela
“ There was no more reasonable sequitur between “provocation” and “reaction” in the case of the French Revolution than in the case of the Jews and the Nazis, the Armenians and the young Turks, the old R… Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
“ The character of Moses, as stated in the Bible, is the most horrid that can be imagined. If those accounts be true, he was the wretch that first began and carried on wars on the score or on the preten… Thomas Paine
“ Wherever morality is based on theology, wherever right is made dependent on divine authority, the most immoral, unjust, infamous things can be justified and established. Ludwig Feuerbach
“ It is in our nature to enjoy atrocity so long as it continues to shock and remains comfortably removed from our own lives. Paula Marantz Cohen
“ I'm convinced that most men don't know what they believe, rather, they only know what they wish to believe. How many people blame God for man's atrocities, but wouldn't dream of imprisoning a mother f… Criss Jami
“ Legend has it that while drinking wine in a boat on the river, [8th century Chinese poet Li Po] tried to grab the moon's reflection on the surface and tumbled in, which is probably the poet's equivale… Matthew White
“ Atrocities are easier to commit if respect for the victim can be neutralized. For this reason, humiliation handed out by those with power can be ominous. The link between humiliation and atrocity is o… Jonathan Glover
