I don't think I'm an idealist. I'm a realist. And I see the progress. The progress has been remarkable. Look at the emancipation of woman in my lifetime. You're sitting here as a female. Look what's happened to the same-sex marriages. To tell somebody a man can become a woman, a woman can become a man, and a man can marry a man, they would have said, "You're crazy." But it's a reality today. So the world is changing. And you shouldn't - you know - be despairing because it's never happened before. Nothing new ever happened before.
What has happened here [aftermath of 9/11] is not war in its traditional sense. This is clearly a crime against humanity. War crimes are crimes which… - Benjamin B. Ferencz
What has happened here [aftermath of 9/11] is not war in its traditional sense. This is clearly a crime against humanity. War crimes are crimes which…
- Benjamin B. Ferencz
I prefer law to war under all circumstances. - Benjamin B. Ferencz
I prefer law to war under all circumstances.
People get discouraged. They should remember, from me, it takes courage not to be discouraged. - Benjamin B. Ferencz
People get discouraged. They should remember, from me, it takes courage not to be discouraged.
War makes murderers out of otherwise decent people. All wars, and all decent people. - Benjamin B. Ferencz
War makes murderers out of otherwise decent people. All wars, and all decent people.
There can be no peace without justice, no justice without law and no meaningful law without a Court to decide what is just and lawful under any given… - Benjamin B. Ferencz
There can be no peace without justice, no justice without law and no meaningful law without a Court to decide what is just and lawful under any given…
I don't think I'm an idealist. I'm a realist. And I see the progress. The progress has been remarkable. Look at the emancipation of woman in my lifet… - Benjamin B. Ferencz
I don't think I'm an idealist. I'm a realist. And I see the progress. The progress has been remarkable. Look at the emancipation of woman in my lifet…
Nuremberg taught me that creating a world of tolerance and compassion would be a long and arduous task. And I also learned that if we did not devote … - Benjamin B. Ferencz
Nuremberg taught me that creating a world of tolerance and compassion would be a long and arduous task. And I also learned that if we did not devote …
Well, if it's naive to want peace instead of war, let 'em make sure they say I'm naive. Because I want peace instead of war. If they tell me they wan… - Benjamin B. Ferencz
Well, if it's naive to want peace instead of war, let 'em make sure they say I'm naive. Because I want peace instead of war. If they tell me they wan…
If it's naive to want peace instead of war, let 'em make sure they say I'm naive. Because I want peace instead of war. - Benjamin B. Ferencz
If it's naive to want peace instead of war, let 'em make sure they say I'm naive. Because I want peace instead of war.
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