7 Quotes by Raphael Lemkin

The present destruction of Europe would not be complete and thorough had the German people not accepted freely [the Nazi] plan, participated voluntarily in its execution and up to this point profited greatly therefrom

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

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

I became interested in genocide, because it happened so many times. It happened to the Armenians and after the Armenians, Hitler took action.

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

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

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