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My grandparents, like many genocide survivors, took most of their stories to their graves.

~Chris Bohjalian

Topics: Genocide Grandparents Graves Like Many Most Stories Survivors Took

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The reality is that most of North America knows next to nothing of the 20th century's first genocide - the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians in the First World War.

~Chris Bohjalian

Topics: America Armenians Century First First World First World War Genocide Knows Million Most Next North North America Nothing Reality Slaughter Systematic War World World War

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I'm half-Armenian. Even though my grandparents did not discuss the genocide, and my father - like many sons and daughters of immigrants - wanted to be as 'American' as possible, I was always aware of it. How could I not be?

~Chris Bohjalian

Topics: Always American Aware Could Daughters Did Discuss Even Father Genocide Grandparents How Immigrants Like Many Possible Sons Though Wanted

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The idea of telling the story of the Armenian genocide - or, really, any other genocide - and repeating those stories is really important. I also think it's important to always be exposing the warning signs for what was leading up to it. Those tend to always be the same.

~Chris Cornell

Topics: Also Always Any Armenian Armenian Genocide Exposing Genocide Idea Important Leading Other Really Repeating Same Signs Stories Story Telling Tend Think Those Up Warning

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I'm against genocide. I'm against fascism. I'm willing to fight against them so that, in that sense, I think one can still be committed to justice and committed to peace but recognize the circumstances under which one does have to fight.

~Cornel West

Topics: Against Circumstances Committed Does Fascism Fight Genocide Justice Peace Recognize Sense Still Them Think Which Willing I Think

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Aside from the occasional genocide, oppression, evil and torture, etc., it is inarguable that public policy could be implemented more rapidly in an autocracy.

~David Harsanyi

Topics: Aside Autocracy Could Etc Evil Genocide Implemented More Occasional Oppression Policy Public Public Policy Rapidly Torture

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When you think of the sort of things that happen when a genocide happens, it's again not people who are intrinsically evil.

~Desmond Tutu

Topics: Again Evil Genocide Happen Happens People Sort Things Think Who You

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The Rwandan policy of putting the genocide behind them is incredibly effective in many ways. But it's also incredibly frightening to think that this nation is being asked put this mass slaughter behind them.

~Dinaw Mengestu

Topics: Also Asked Behind Being Effective Frightening Genocide Incredibly Many Mass Nation Policy Put Putting Slaughter Them Think Ways

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Land of opportunity, land for the huddled masses where would the opportunity have been without the genocide of those Old Guard, bristling Indian tribes?

~Edward Hoagland

Topics: Been Genocide Guard Indian Land Masses Old Opportunity Those Tribes Where Without Would

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If we do a little bit of insight into history, how many times have there been people doing hate discourse, blaming everything on a certain group of people. That really is the genesis of genocide, where it kind of sparks.

~Gael Garcia Bernal

Topics: Been Bit Blaming Certain Discourse Doing Everything Genesis Genocide Group Hate History How How Many Times Insight Kind Little Little Bit Many People Really Sparks Times Where

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