George Orwell
Writer, Journalist
"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."
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Atrocities Committed
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George Orwell
Writer, Journalist
"Actions are held to be good or bad, not on their own merits, but according to who does them. There is almost no kind of outrage-torture, imprisonment without trial, assassination, the bombing of civilians-which does not change its moral color when it is committed by 'our' side. The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."
Nelson Mandela
Political Leader
"If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America."
Ted Allen
Chef
"If I have committed any culinary atrocities, please forgive me."
Oliver North
Military Officer, Political Commentator
"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."
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"Atrocity is recognized as such by victim and predator alike, by all who learn about it at whatever remove. Atrocity has no excuses, no mitigating argument. Atrocity never balances or rectifies the past. Atrocity merely arms the future for more atrocity. It is self-perpetuating upon itself - a barbarous form of incest. Whoever commits atrocity also commits those future atrocities thus bred."
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