Raphael Lemkin Quotes

• Why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual?

  Raphael Lemkin

  Killing, Crime, Individual

  "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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• If you act in the name of conscience you are stronger than any government in the world.

  Raphael Lemkin

  Government, Names, Stronger

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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

  Action, Genocide, Armenians

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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

  Política, Sentimientos, Libertad

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

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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

  Two, Groups, Population

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

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• Genocide is not war! It is more dangerous than war!

  Raphael Lemkin

  War, Genocide, Dangerous

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• Only man has law. Law must be built, do you understand me? You must build the law.

  Raphael Lemkin

  Men, Law, Understand Me

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• By genocide we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group.

  Raphael Lemkin

  Mean, Groups, Genocide

  Axis Rule in Occupied Europe preface (1944).

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