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- War makes murderers out of otherwise decent people. All wars, and all decent people. Benjamin B. Ferencz. War, People, Murderer.
- 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 circumstance.
- 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 ourselves to developing effective world law, the same cruel mentality that made the Holocaust possible might one day destroy the entire human race.
- People get discouraged. They should remember, from me, it takes courage not to be discouraged. Benjamin B. Ferencz. People, Remember, Discouraged.
20 quotes from Benjamin B. Ferencz: 'Gratitude completes you in a different way to anything else.', 'It’s only by understanding another person’s way of thinking that you’ll be able to reason with them and perhaps change their mind.', and 'The Ethics professor, Zechariah Chafee, taught me about tolerance and the need to treat all human ...
- “If they tell me they want war instead of peace I don't see they're naive, I see they're stupid; stupid to an incredible degree to send young people out to kill other young people they don't even know, who never did anybody any harm.”
- “War makes murderers out of otherwise decent people.” ― Ben Ferencz.
- “If it's naive to want peace instead of war, better make sure they call me naive. Because I want peace instead of war. If they tell me they want war instead of peace I don't see they're naive, I see they're stupid; stupid to an incredible degree to send young people out to kill other young people they don't even know, who never did anybody any harm...
- “I prefer law to war under all circumstances” ― Ben Ferencz.
Benjamin Ferencz, Nuremberg Prosecutor and Peace Advocate Quotes. “The fact that any person acted on the order of his government or of a superior does not free him from responsibility for crime.”. “An illegal act does not become legal when it is done with good intentions.”.
Apr 12, 2023 · ‘Never give up’. Nuremberg prosecutor Benjamin Ferencz dedicated his life to advocating for accountability and justice. Apr 12, 2023. By Christine Perkins. As a war crimes investigator during World War II, Benjamin Ferencz ’43 was among the first outside witnesses to document the atrocities of Nazi labor and concentration camps.
Jan 15, 2023 · Ben Ferencz secured the convictions of 22 Nazi death squad leaders 75 years ago in what was billed “the biggest murder trial in history.”
Beginning in 1945 with his prosecution of war criminals during the Nuremberg Tribunal, the work of Benjamin Ferencz has long focused on issues of international criminal justice and world peace.
