You cannot do justice to the dead. When we talk about doing justice to the dead we are talking about retribution for the harm done to them. But retri…

- William Shawcross

Together they [President Nixon and Secretary Kissinger] pursued ends that frequently had a tenuous link with reality, using means that were not merel…

- William Shawcross

The important point was that whatever errors America had made [in Vietnam] "we are so powerful [according to Secretary Kissinger] that Hanoi is simpl…

- William Shawcross

Cambodia was not a mistake; it was a crime. The world is diminished by the experience.

- William Shawcross