crimes quotes

I stated that Hiroshima and Nagasaki are ‚among the most unspeakable crimes in history.‘ I took no position on just where they stand on the scale of horrors relative to Auschwitz, the bombing of Chungking, Lidice, and so on.

The crimes against Palestinians in the Occupied Territories and elsewhere, particularly Lebanon, are so shocking that the only emotionally valid reaction is rage and a call for extreme actions. But that does not help the victims. And, in fact, it’s likely to harm them.

It was the wont of the immortal gods sometimes to grant prosperity and long impunity to men whose crimes they were minded to punish in order that a complete reverse of fortune might make them suffer more bitterly.

Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged.

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes.

Success consecrates the most offensive crimes.

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

Wherever there is a settled society, religion is necessary; the laws cover manifest crimes, and religion covers secret crimes.