“The ability of so many people to live comfortably with the idea of capital punishment is perhaps a clue to how so many Europeans were able to live with the idea of the Holocaust: Once you accept the notion that the state has the right to kill someone and the right to define what is a capital crime, aren't you halfway there?” PeopleIdeasStatesAbleAbilityAcceptingCrimeNotionPunishmentHolocaustClueHalfwayCapital PunishmentHalfway There Book:Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007 Source: Roger Ebert's Four Star Reviews--1967-2007
“If there is a country that has committed unspeakable atrocities in the world, it is the United States of America. They don't care for human beings.... What I am condemning is that one power, with a president [George W. Bush] who has no foresight, who cannot think properly, is now wanting to plunge the world into a holocaust.” IfsThinkingWorldHumansCountryStatesCareAmericaPresidentHuman BeingsUnitedUnited StatesCommittedDon't CareHolocaustUnited States Of AmericaForesightPlungeAtrocitiesUnspeakableCondemningPresident George W Bush Author:Nelson Mandela