Nicholas Kristof Quotes

The Coalition for International Justice estimated that 450,000 people in Darfur have died since the deadly genocide began some three years ago.

As a Jew I cannot sit idle while genocidal atrocities continue to unfold in Darfur, Sudan.

Despite the increase in world attention toward Sudan in the past months, the genocide in Darfur has continued without any serious attempt by the Sudanese government to do what governments primarily exist to do, protect their citizens.

The news media's silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing.

The security agencies are prosecuting the government’s war in Darfur.

If the world allows the people of Darfur to be removed forever from their land and their way of life, then genocide will happen elsewhere because it will be seen as something that works. It must not be allowed to work. The people of Darfur need to go home now. I write this for them, and for that day, ... and for those still living who might yet have beautiful lives on the earth.

We need to begin an all-out diplomatic offensive on Darfur in order to prepare the way for a peacekeeping force that can ensure protection for the people of Darfur.

If the president of the United States says that attacks on civilians, starvation, and denial of religious freedom in Sudan are important international issues, they become so.

Violence in Darfur is cataclysmic.

We can make a difference. We can save lives. We can stop the genocide.

In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction.

I was proud to witness American Jewish organizations found the Save Darfur Coalition in June 2004 to mobilize a coordinated interfaith response to the ongoing humanitarian disaster.

Twelve hundred people died last week in Darfur. Their lives are just as important is yours and mine. The Foley story is a big story but in the interest of pursuing a sex scandal we are ignoring life and death problems all over the planet.

Failed states are mainly a threat to their own inhabitants. We should help them anyway.

You cannot have Rwanda again because information would come out far more quickly about what is actually going on, and the public opinion would grow to the point where action would need to be taken.

Individuals can stand up against genocide in Darfur and Iran's quest for nuclear weapons.

As a government, it is our responsibility to maintain security for all citizens in Darfur.

The deplorable Syrian refugee crisis was created because Syrian President Bashar al-Assad started a war on his people, and the international community refused to confront him.

Our campaign is powered by college students who are not about to let the first genocide of the 21st century happen on their watch.

Yet, only years after the Nazi-era, millions were sent to their deaths in places such as Cambodia, Bosnia and Rwanda, and the world once again took too long to act.

For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem.

Finally, I am encouraged to note that the Security Council issued a statement today expressing its concern about the massive humanitarian crisis in Darfur and calling on all parties to the conflict to protect civilians and reach a ceasefire.

I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the 20th century.

If there's a clear genocide somewhere, don't we really want to positively impact that kind of a situation? Isn't that what we're all about? Isn't that what we've always been about?