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We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home. (Quote by - John McCain)

The history of the denial of the Armenian genocide has passed through several phases... all characterized by efforts to avoid responsibility and the moral, material, and political consequences of admission. (Quote by - Richard G. Hovannisian)

Our campaign is powered by college students who are not about to let the first genocide of the 21st century happen on their watch. (Quote by - Ross Martin)

If Turkey is prepared to acknowledge the Armenian Genocide, then its leaders can proceed immediately to direct dialogue with its counterparts in Armenia to define a common vision for the future. (Quote by - Mark Foley)

In the case of Iraq, notwithstanding the violence there at the moment, the very fact that a hideous regime - responsible for genocide, for the use of chemical and biological weapons, aggression against two neighbors - has been removed in itself is a positive development. (Quote by - Jose Ramos-Horta)

So let us call genocide, genocide. Let us not minimize the deliberate murder of 1.5 million people. Let us have a moral victory that can shine as a light to all nations. (Quote by - Adam Schiff)

You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on your watch. (Quote by - Nicholas D. Kristof)

There aren't just bad people that commit genocide; we are all capable of it. It's our evolutionary history. (Quote by - James Lovelock)

As a Republican, I voted with President Clinton consistently in our efforts to bail out our European friends in Kosovo to stop genocide. I am proud of those votes. I am proud of President Clinton for that. (Quote by - Gordon Smith)

We may yet work up to some serious shooting war, or maybe some acts of urban genocide committed with rogue nuclear weapons. But if that were the case, why would we call that "9/11"? If Washington disappeared in a mushroom cloud, we'd give that huge event a different name. (Quote by - Bruce Sterling)

The way to virtually eliminate genocide and mass murder appears to be through restricting and checking power. This means to foster democratic freedom. (Quote by - Rudolph Rummel)

Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide. (Quote by - Bianca Jagger)

Genocide is an attempt to exterminate a people, not to alter their behavior. (Quote by - Jack Schwartz)

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens. (Quote by - Tom Allen)

The more productive people are, the more governments can tax and confiscate. So the more productive people are, the more costly it is for governments to kill them. Evidence indicates that governments respond to this economic incentive. (Quote by - Gerald W. Scully)

What connects two thousand years of genocide? Too much power in too few hands. (Quote by - Simon Wiesenthal)

The legacy of the Armenian Genocide is woven into the fabric of America. (Quote by - Adam Schiff)

Genocide begins, however improbably, in the conviction that classes of biological distinction indisputably sanction social and political discrimination. (Quote by - Andrea Dworkin)

I believe the only time when we can call for intervention is when there is an ongoing genocide. (Quote by - Bianca Jagger)

This was a tragic event in human history, but by paying tribute to the Armenian community we ensure the lessons of the Armenian genocide are properly understood and acknowledged. (Quote by - Jerry Costello)

Nearly 60 years ago, the international community made a commitment to put an end to the crime of genocide by ratifying the United Nations Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. (Quote by - Alcee Hastings)

In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I don't know, maybe fifty, a hundred, million dollars. (Quote by - Lakhdar Brahimi)

A genocide in Africa has not received the same attention that genocide in Europe or genocide in Turkey or genocide in other part of the world. There is still this kind of basic discrimination against the African people and the African problems. (Quote by - Boutros Boutros-Ghali)

Never again is the rallying cry for all who believe that mankind must speak out against genocide. (Quote by - Jon Corzine)

Some argue that recognition of the genocide has become even more problematic now, when the world is at war with terrorism and the United States cannot afford to offend the sensibility of our Turkish ally. (Quote by - Adam Schiff)

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