Quotes about Inhumane Actions

Peter Hitchens

Man without conscience is wilder and more dangerous than any beast.

Jack Cafferty

… an obnoxious jerk and war criminal

Douglas Coupland

I think social and moral disengagement is repugnant.

Samuel Johnson

An infallible characteristic of meanness is cruelty.

Jurgen Habermas

From a moral point of view, there is no excuse for terrorist acts, regardless of the motive or the situation under which they are carried out.

Tariq Ramadan

I condemn suicide bombings; it’s not acceptable as a Muslim to kill innocent people. It’s explainable. But explainable doesn’t mean justifiable.

James Baldwin

There are so many ways of being despicable it quite makes one’s head spin. But the way to be really despicable is to be contemptuous of other people’s pain.

Susan Sontag

Not all violence is equally reprehensible; not all wars are equally unjust.

Herbert Spencer

Aggression which is flagitious when committed by one, is not sanctioned when committed by a host.

Ellen Key

Everything, everything in war is barbaric…But the worst barbarity of war is that it forces men collectively to commit acts against which individually they would revolt with their whole being.

P. G. Wodehouse

In his normal state he would not strike a lamb. I’ve known him to do it’ ‘Do what?’ ‘Not strike lambs

Antonio M. Taguba

… sadistic, blatant and wanton criminal acts

Winfield Scott

The men under General [Zachery] Taylor’s command committed crimes that would make Heaven weep.

See {637209} for an example. There was no government policy to commit war crimes nor was there any suggestion from the military command. Most of the worst cases were volunteer militia groups from the same geographic area. The political propaganda from President Polk, an inveterate racist, and other government and Congressional leaders created a classic atmosphere where soldiers get out of control. Specifically, that the enemy is a lesser human being not deserving the full rights and sympathies of a white man.

Yousef Saanei

It is self-evident in Islam that it is prohibited to have nuclear bombs. It is eternal law, because the basic function of these weapons is to kill innocent people. This cannot be reversed … You cannot deliberately kill innocent people.

This quotation demonstrates that even in the Islamic Fundamentalist Theocracy, not all the religious leaders are extremists and anti-human rights. However, Saanei is no longer in the top level of the Iranian government and more extreme fundamentalists have control of the government. But Iran is by no means monolithic.

Inhumane Actions Quotes