mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow. - Joseph Heller
So long as atrocities remain remote, abstract, they will be tolerated, even by decent people. - Howard Zinn
I had witnessed the sort of atrocities during the war than threaten to steal a man's soul. - Christina Henriquez
The shock of photographed atrocities wears off with repeated viewings, just as the surprise and bemusement felt the first time one sees a pornographic movie wear off after one sees a few more. - Susan Sontag
The atrocities of war are only overshadowed by the heroism of their dead. - Todd Stocker
I had witnessed the sort of atrocities during the war that threaten to steal a man's soul. - Christina Henriquez
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. - Voltaire
In its foreign policies, the United States does not punish atrocities, only disobedience. - Noam Chomsky
Violence is not the answer, it doesn’t work any more. We are at the end of the worst century in which the greatest atrocities in the history of the world have occurred... The nature of human beings must change. We must cultivate love and compassion. - Martin Scorsese