Bianca Jagger on genocide
Bianca Jagger44 quotes“I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide.”
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We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.
Boutros Boutros-GhaliBoutros Boutros-Ghali Commanded love of all men indiscriminately is an obliteration of distinction between love and hate, and therefore is not love at all.
Benjamin TuckerBenjamin Tucker What was created by the era of the proper gentleman was excellent table manners and genocide over most of the surface of the planet.
Terence McKennaTerence McKenna So let us call genocide, genocide. Let us not minimize the deliberate murder of 1.5 million people.
Adam SchiffAdam Schiff Some argue that recognition of the genocide has become even more problematic now
Adam SchiffAdam Schiff Yet, history has shown that if material force can defeat some ideologies it can no longer obliterate a civilization without destabilizing the whole planet.
Abdelaziz BouteflikaAbdelaziz Bouteflika
