Only man has law. Law must be built, do you understand me? You must build the law. Raphael Lemkin More Quotes by Raphael Lemkin More Quotes From Raphael Lemkin Why is the killing of a million a lesser crime than the killing of an individual? Raphael Lemkin individual crime killing It is intended to signify a coordinated plan of different actions aiming at the destruction of essential foundations of the life of national groups, with the aim of annihilating the groups themselves. The objectives of such a plan would be the disintegration of the political and social institutions, of culture, language, national feelings, religion, and the economic existence of national groups, and the destruction of the personal security, liberty, health, dignity, and even the lives of the individuals belonging to such groups. Raphael Lemkin liberty political feelings If you act in the name of conscience you are stronger than any government in the world. Raphael Lemkin stronger government names Genocide has two phases: one, destruction of the national pattern of the oppressed group; the other, the imposition of the national pattern of the oppressor. This imposition, in turn, may be made upon the oppressed population which is allowed to remain or upon the territory alone, after removal of the population and the colonization by the oppressor's own nationals. Raphael Lemkin population groups two I became interested in genocide, because it happened so many times. It happened to the Armenians and after the Armenians, Hitler took action. Raphael Lemkin armenians genocide action Genocide is not war! It is more dangerous than war! Raphael Lemkin genocide dangerous war By genocide we mean the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group. Raphael Lemkin genocide groups mean
