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War Crimes Quotes

We've committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I'll tell you something interesting about that. We were committing war crimes in World War II, before the Nuremberg trials were held and the principle of war crimes was stated. George Wald
I think the International Criminal Court could be a threat to American security interests, because the prosecutor of the court has enormous discretion in going after war crimes. And the way the Statute of Rome is written, responsibility for war crimes can be taken all the way up the chain of command. John Bolton
Noam Chomsky quote: "It's not the generals, it's the civilians who authorise and..."
It's not the generals, it's the civilians who authorise and organise the worst war crimes. Noam Chomsky
A 'civilization' that makes such a ridiculous fuss about alleged 'war crimes' - acts of violence against the actual or potential enemies of one's cause - and tolerates slaughterhouses and vivisection laboratories, and circuses and the fur industry (infliction of pain upon creatures that can never be for or against any cause), does not deserve to live. Savitri Devi
the monstrous thing is not that men have created roses out of this dung heap, but that, for some reason or other, they should want roses. For some reason or other man looks for the miracle, and to accomplish it he will wade through blood. He will debauch himself with ideas, he will reduce himself to a shadow if for only one second of his life he can close his eyes to the hideousness of reality. Everything is endured- disgrace, humiliation, poverty, war, crime, ennui- in the belief that... Henry Miller
Nick Hornby quote: "This is the second Simply Red song on this tape. One's..."
This is the second Simply Red song on this tape. One's unforgivable. Two's a war crime. Can I fast-forward? Nick Hornby
The New York Daily News suggested that my biggest war crime was not killing myself like a gentleman. Presumably Hitler was a gentleman. Kurt Vonnegut
There was a war crimes trial because an American prisoner had been shot trying to escape. He had obviously been recaptured and shot, and that violated the Geneva Convention. Charles Guggenheim
John Pomfret quote: "Srebrenica was a horrendous war crime and it had to be uncovered."
Srebrenica was a horrendous war crime and it had to be uncovered. John Pomfret
Gary Wills quote: "Only the winners decide what were war crimes."
Only the winners decide what were war crimes. Gary Wills
The estimated loss of up to six million dead is founded too much on both emotional, biased testimonies and on exaggerated data in the postwar reckonings of war crimes and on the squaring of accounts with the defeated. Franjo Tudjman
That's Anil's path. She grows up in Sri Lanka, goes and gets educated abroad, and through fate or chance gets brought back by the Human Rights Commission to investigate war crimes. Michael Ondaatje
George Wald quote: "The concept of war crimes is an American invention."
The concept of war crimes is an American invention. George Wald
George Wald quote: "Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a..."
Dropping those atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki was a war crime. George Wald
The United States has done more for the war crimes tribunal than any other country in the world. We're turning over all the information we have, including intelligence information. Warren Christopher

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