Speaking at an event organised by the Holocaust museum, the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, stressed that genocides and mass atrocities were not spontaneous occurrences, but "are always planned".
Clinton said,
"Despite all we have learned and accomplished in the last 70 years, 'never again' remains an unmet, urgent goal."
"We are struggling with some of the deepest and most difficult impulses of human beings to protect themselves, to obtain power, to dehumanize others in order to enhance their own position and standing,"
"Genocides and mass atrocities don't just happen spontaneously. They are always planned,"
"An organised, targeted propaganda campaigns by those in power to dehumanize particular groups or scapegoat them."
"Hatred not only becomes acceptable; it is even encouraged. It's like stacking dry firewood before striking the match.
"Then there is a moment of ignition. The permission to hate becomes permission to kill."
See Reliving '83 (23 Jul 2012)
