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Tradition will accustom people to any atrocity — George Bernard Shaw

The first atrocity, the first war crime committed in any war of aggression by the aggressors is against the truth. — Michael Parenti

If patterns of human love subtly change, all sorts of social and political atrocities can escalate. — Helen Fisher

People who have survived atrocities often tell their stories in a highly emotional, contradictory and fragmented manner. — Judith Lewis Herman

Religious fundamentalism, magical thinking and self-delusion, have been justifications for some of the most horrific atrocities in human history. — Bryant McGill

The atrocities of war are only overshadowed by the heroism of their dead. — Todd Stocker

What is happening in Nigeria is an absolute atrocity, — Masai Ujiri

In mass cruelty, the expulsions of Germans ordered by the Russians fall not very far short of the atrocities perpetrated by the Nazis. — Bertrand Russell

Colonial atrocities have prepared the soil; it is for socialists to sow the seeds of revolution. — Ho Chi Minh

We were the quintessence of athletic atrocity. — Mike Newlin

He who can lead you to believe an absurdity can lead you to commit an atrocity. — Voltaire

After all this atrocity, this is how human beings really pray. — Jacqueline Novogratz

Not even the foulest atrocities of Adolf Hitler ever shocked me so badly as these Abu Ghraib photographs did. — Hunter S. Thompson

Men are fickle creatures, capable of kindness and compassion yet fascinated by the basest atrocities. — Brian Rathbone

To paraphrase Voltaire: if they can make you believe in their absurdities, they can make you commit their atrocities. — Voltaire

There is no western concern for issues of aggression, atrocities, human rights abuses and so on if there's a profit to be made from them — Noam Chomsky

The death is unfortunate. It is an accident. It is not police atrocity . It is a small and petty matter. — Mamata Banerjee

As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. — Voltaire

If we wish to stop the atrocities, we need merely to step away from the isolation. There is a whole world waiting for us, ready to welcome us home. — Derrick Jensen

Wars can be resolved. Human rights atrocities can be stopped. We just have to apply the right policies. — John Prendergast

The idea of a federal betting parlor on atrocities and terrorism is ridiculous and it's grotesque. — Ron Wyden

We know that often holding those who have carried out mass atrocities accountable is at times our best tool to prevent future atrocities. — Samantha Power

Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities. — Voltaire

Farming out atrocities to paramilitaries is standard operating procedure. — Noam Chomsky

So long as atrocities remain remote, abstract, they will be tolerated, even by decent people. — Howard Zinn

Those who believe absurdities will commit atrocities. — Voltaire

Historical atrocities have certainly shown that dehumanizing any group is the first step toward genocide. — Robert Paul Weston

It's one thing to say don't commit atrocities on the battlefield. It's another thing to say don't get caught doing atrocities. — Oliver North

Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable? — Tom Hayden

War is horrible no matter what. There's going to be atrocities, there's going to be horrible things that happen in war. — Mike Hoffman

Scientific whaling, and other lies will be exposed and become atrocities of the past. — Steve Irwin

So many people witness atrocities and can't take their eyes away from them, but that doesn't mean they're good. — Adam Levine

No matter how inured you get to atrocities, you're still always stunned and shocked by how cruel and wasteful Homo sapiens can be. — Steven Pinker

But without the conformists, the great atrocities would have been impossible. — Timothy Snyder

The atrocities in Cambodia are a direct and understandable response to the violence of the imperial system. — Noam Chomsky

Mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow. — Joseph Heller

Many atrocities, have been done in the name of the greater good. — Sarah J. Maas

If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me. — Ted Allen

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

Those who can be made to believe absurdities can be made to commit atrocities. — Voltaire

When Your Boyfriend Fits into Your Jeans and Other Atrocities The — Mindy Kaling

Atrocities are human nature - they don't have political beliefs, color, creed or anything like that. They just happen, it's human. — Clancy Brown

Everyone believes in the atrocities of the enemy and disbelieves in those of his own side, without ever bothering to examine the evidence. — George Orwell

I was weeping for all of history's incredible atrocities against fellowmen, which seems to be mankind's greatest flaw ... — Alex Haley

There is no such thing as an "atrocity" in warfare that is greater than the atrocity of warfare itself. — Sydney J. Harris

As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities. — Desmond Tutu

As a Jew I cannot sit idle while genocidal atrocities continue to unfold in Darfur, Sudan. — Jan Schakowsky

She brutalized flour and butter, she visited wartime atrocities to milk and yeast. She committed acts of crumpet. — T. Kingfisher

The conquering army had perpetrated untold atrocities. The Japanese had occupied my home and twice forced us to leave the land I loved. — Katherine Paterson

All Americans should be exempt from the atrocities of Obamacare - no exception. — Austin Scott

There are always going to be Muslim atrocities! Whenever the media starts obsessing with ISIS, I think you're hiding something. — Ann Coulter

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Those who committed atrocities always seemed to do so out of a misconceived sense of righteousness and the greater good. — Terry Brooks

No war today could be called just, given the inevitable level of casualties and atrocities. — Walter Wink

Atrocities are not less atrocities when they occur in laboratories and are called medical research. — George Bernard Shaw

A truly nonviolent man would never live to tell the tale of atrocities. He would have laid down his life on the spot in non-violent resistance. — Mahatma Gandhi

Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy. — Nas

God, forgive those whose atrocities are so great
I will not. — Landon Parham

A blind acceptance of absurdities leads to the undertaking of atrocities. — Margo Kelly

When you turn a blind eye to atrocities, you are complicit in them. — David Crossman

Once we know of atrocities we cannot remain silent, and knowledge inevitably leads to an urge to protect the innocent. — Azar Nafisi

People will continue to commit atrocities as long as they believe in absurdities. — Voltaire

If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. — Nelson Mandela

I am sick of atrocities, though these are now the natural order of our world. And I would still like to act! — Imre Kertesz

The focus should be on Indian atrocities in Kashmir, not on our support for the Kashmiri resistance. — Husain Haqqani

The prison guards are capable of committing daily atrocities and obscenities, smiling the smile of the angels all the while. — Jean Harris

His perfect kingdom of killing, suffering and pain Demands devotion, atrocities done in his name. — Trent Reznor

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

If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities. — Voltaire