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ARMENIAN GENOCIDE QUOTES
January 30, 2015
Anatole France
French author, 1916
Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that is left
is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A
nation that does not want to die, does not die.
Fritdjof Nansen
Norwegian public figure, 1915
The massacres that started in 1915 have nothing to compare with the
history of mankind. The massacres by Abdul Hamid are minor in
comparison to what today's Turks have done
Jacques de Morgan
French scientist, 1917
The deportations of Western Armenians are nothing but concealed race
extermination. There is no language rich enough to describe the
horrors of it
Valeri Brusov
Russian poet, 1917
Turks continued their previous policy. They would not stop commit
massive and most awful massacres that even Leng Timur would not dare
do
Fayer el Husein
Arab publicist, 1917
Who can describe the feelings that an eyewitness experiences when he
thinks of this heroic and unfortunate nation. Its courage and spirit
surprise the world. A nation that yesterday was one of the most
energetic and progressive nations of the Ottoman Empire is becoming a
memory
Joseph Markwart
German scientist, 1916
Even after proclamation of the Constitution, the main slogan of the
Turkish policy has been 'Without Armenians there will be no Armenian
problem
Henry Morgenthau Sr.
U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Ambassador, Morgenthau's Story, 1919
When the Turkish authorities gave the orders for these deportations,
they were merely giving the death warrant to a whole race; they
understood this well, and, in their conversations with me, they made
no particular attempt to conceal the fact. . . . I am confident that
the whole history of the human race contains no such horrible episode
as this. The great massacres and persecutions of the past seem almost
insignificant when compared to the sufferings of the Armenian race in
1915.
James Bryce
British Viscount October 6, 1915, speech
The massacres are the result of a policy which, as far as can be
ascertained, has been entertained for some considerable time by the
gang of unscrupulous adventurers who are now in possession of the
Government of the Turkish Empire. They hesitated to put it in practice
until they thought the favorable moment had come, and that moment
seems to have arrived about the month of April. House of Lords,
Hansard (5th series), Vol. XIX, 6 October 1915. Cols? I am sorry to
say that such information has reached me from many quarters goes to
show that the figure of 800,000 which the noble earl thought
incredible as a possible total for those who have been destroyed since
May last is, unfortunately, quite a possible number. That is because
the proceedings taken have been so absolutely premeditated and
systematic.
Count Wolff-Metternich
German Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire July 10, 1916, cable to the
German Chancellor
In its attempt to carry out its purpose to resolve the Armenian
question by the destruction of the Armenian race, the Turkish
government has refused to be deterred neither by our representations,
nor by those of the American Embassy, nor by the delegate of the Pope,
nor by the threats of the Allied Powers, nor in deference to the
public opinion of the West representing one-half of the world.
Theodore Roosevelt
US President, May 11, 1918, letter to Cleveland Hoadley Dodge
...the Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war, and the
failure to act against Turkey is to condone it ... the failure to deal
radically with the Turkish horror means that all talk of guaranteeing
the future peace of the world is mischievous nonsense.
Herbert Hoover
US President, The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, 1952
The association of Mount Ararat and Noah, the staunch Christians who
were massacred periodically by the Mohammedan Turks, and the Sunday
School collections over fifty years for alleviating their miseries--all
cumulate to impress the name Armenia on the front of the American
mind.
Jimmy Carter
US President, May 16, 1978, White House ceremony
It is generally not known in the world that, in the years preceding
1916, there was a concerted effort made to eliminate all the Armenian
people, probably one of the greatest tragedies that ever befell any
group. And there weren't any Nuremberg trials.
Ronald Reagan
US President, April 22, 1981, proclamation
Like the genocide of the Armenians before it, and the genocide of the
Cambodians which followed it, ... the lessons of the Holocaust must
never be forgotten.
George Bush Sr.
US President, April 20, 1990, speech in Orlando, Florida
[We join] Armenians around the world [as we remember] the terrible
massacres suffered in 1915-1923 at the hands of the rulers of the
Ottoman Empire. The United States responded to this crime against
humanity by leading diplomatic and private relief efforts.
John Evans
US ambassador to Armenia said to American Armenians on February 19, 2005
Today I shall call this Armenian genocide". "I think that we, the US
government, owe you, our fellow citizens, a more straightforward and
honest discussion of this problem. I can tell you as a person who has
studied this problem - I have no doubts about what happened." "I think
that it is inappropriate for us, the Americans, to play with words in
this case". "I believe that we must call a spade a spade.
http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/60735
January 30, 2015
Anatole France
French author, 1916
Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that is left
is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A
nation that does not want to die, does not die.
Fritdjof Nansen
Norwegian public figure, 1915
The massacres that started in 1915 have nothing to compare with the
history of mankind. The massacres by Abdul Hamid are minor in
comparison to what today's Turks have done
Jacques de Morgan
French scientist, 1917
The deportations of Western Armenians are nothing but concealed race
extermination. There is no language rich enough to describe the
horrors of it
Valeri Brusov
Russian poet, 1917
Turks continued their previous policy. They would not stop commit
massive and most awful massacres that even Leng Timur would not dare
do
Fayer el Husein
Arab publicist, 1917
Who can describe the feelings that an eyewitness experiences when he
thinks of this heroic and unfortunate nation. Its courage and spirit
surprise the world. A nation that yesterday was one of the most
energetic and progressive nations of the Ottoman Empire is becoming a
memory
Joseph Markwart
German scientist, 1916
Even after proclamation of the Constitution, the main slogan of the
Turkish policy has been 'Without Armenians there will be no Armenian
problem
Henry Morgenthau Sr.
U.S. Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire Ambassador, Morgenthau's Story, 1919
When the Turkish authorities gave the orders for these deportations,
they were merely giving the death warrant to a whole race; they
understood this well, and, in their conversations with me, they made
no particular attempt to conceal the fact. . . . I am confident that
the whole history of the human race contains no such horrible episode
as this. The great massacres and persecutions of the past seem almost
insignificant when compared to the sufferings of the Armenian race in
1915.
James Bryce
British Viscount October 6, 1915, speech
The massacres are the result of a policy which, as far as can be
ascertained, has been entertained for some considerable time by the
gang of unscrupulous adventurers who are now in possession of the
Government of the Turkish Empire. They hesitated to put it in practice
until they thought the favorable moment had come, and that moment
seems to have arrived about the month of April. House of Lords,
Hansard (5th series), Vol. XIX, 6 October 1915. Cols? I am sorry to
say that such information has reached me from many quarters goes to
show that the figure of 800,000 which the noble earl thought
incredible as a possible total for those who have been destroyed since
May last is, unfortunately, quite a possible number. That is because
the proceedings taken have been so absolutely premeditated and
systematic.
Count Wolff-Metternich
German Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire July 10, 1916, cable to the
German Chancellor
In its attempt to carry out its purpose to resolve the Armenian
question by the destruction of the Armenian race, the Turkish
government has refused to be deterred neither by our representations,
nor by those of the American Embassy, nor by the delegate of the Pope,
nor by the threats of the Allied Powers, nor in deference to the
public opinion of the West representing one-half of the world.
Theodore Roosevelt
US President, May 11, 1918, letter to Cleveland Hoadley Dodge
...the Armenian massacre was the greatest crime of the war, and the
failure to act against Turkey is to condone it ... the failure to deal
radically with the Turkish horror means that all talk of guaranteeing
the future peace of the world is mischievous nonsense.
Herbert Hoover
US President, The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover, 1952
The association of Mount Ararat and Noah, the staunch Christians who
were massacred periodically by the Mohammedan Turks, and the Sunday
School collections over fifty years for alleviating their miseries--all
cumulate to impress the name Armenia on the front of the American
mind.
Jimmy Carter
US President, May 16, 1978, White House ceremony
It is generally not known in the world that, in the years preceding
1916, there was a concerted effort made to eliminate all the Armenian
people, probably one of the greatest tragedies that ever befell any
group. And there weren't any Nuremberg trials.
Ronald Reagan
US President, April 22, 1981, proclamation
Like the genocide of the Armenians before it, and the genocide of the
Cambodians which followed it, ... the lessons of the Holocaust must
never be forgotten.
George Bush Sr.
US President, April 20, 1990, speech in Orlando, Florida
[We join] Armenians around the world [as we remember] the terrible
massacres suffered in 1915-1923 at the hands of the rulers of the
Ottoman Empire. The United States responded to this crime against
humanity by leading diplomatic and private relief efforts.
John Evans
US ambassador to Armenia said to American Armenians on February 19, 2005
Today I shall call this Armenian genocide". "I think that we, the US
government, owe you, our fellow citizens, a more straightforward and
honest discussion of this problem. I can tell you as a person who has
studied this problem - I have no doubts about what happened." "I think
that it is inappropriate for us, the Americans, to play with words in
this case". "I believe that we must call a spade a spade.
http://www.horizonweekly.ca/news/details/60735