Political Quotes

“Today, April 24, 2001, we solemnly mark the 76th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. On this day in 1915, three hundred Armenian leaders, writers, thinkers and professionals in Constantinople (present day Istanbul) were rounded up, deported and killed on the orders of the Ottoman Imperial Government. By 1923, one and a half million Armenians had been killed and roughly two million deported. Our country was one of the first major powers of the day to condemn the acts of the Ottoman Empire. Other nations lent their voices to the outcry. Nations allied to the Ottoman Empire, such as Germany and Austria, and those who found themselves politically opposed to the Empire, like Great Britain, France, and Russia, expressed their consternation at the clear policy of genocide. Today, the United States should reassert its condemnation of the ignominious acts of over three quarters of a century ago. The Armenian Genocide has an infamous place in history as the first mass genocide of the 20th century. Tragically, it was not the last act of genocide the world witnessed that century.”