Norman Finkelstein Quotes - Page 2

Quotes about:

• Given the nonsense that is turned out daily by the Holocaust industry, the wonder is that there are so few skeptics.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Holocaust, Wonder, Nonsense

  6 Copy quote

• The justice of a war basically refers to the question whether there is a right to attack in the first place. Justice in a war is concerned with whether the fighting happens in accordance with the international laws of war.

  Norman Finkelstein

  War, Fighting, Justice

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

• Everybody wants peace. That's a truism. There is no point in accomplishing through war what you can accomplish through peace.

  Norman Finkelstein

  War, Want, Accomplish

  16 Copy quote

• There is no way a non-Jew could say what I did in 'The Holocaust Industry' without being labelled a Holocaust denier. I am labelled a Holocaust denier, too.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Holocaust, Way, Jew

  8 Copy quote

• Every victory of Hezbollah, I celebrate.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Victory, Hezbollah, Celebrate

  8 Copy quote

• Goldstone has done terrible damage to the cause of truth and justice and the rule of law. He has poisoned Jewish-Palestinian relations, undermined the courageous work of Israeli dissenters and-most unforgivably-increased the risk of another merciless IDF assault.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Law, Justice, Risk

  46 Copy quote

• When I was a young man, my mother said to me, 'You can't be a communist without being a militant atheist.' So I had to be a militant atheist because I wanted to be a communist.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Mother, Atheist, Men

  5 Copy quote

• I'm politically on the left, no question about it. I oppose sweatshops, I oppose exploitation of labour in the third world.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Sweatshops, World, Exploitation

  29 Copy quote

• Public opinion in the United States has shifted significantly, not just outside but also within the Jewish community.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Community, Opinion

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

• I focus on my work. If I let myself get distracted by the insults and slanders I wouldn't get anything substantive done.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Hard Work, Focus, Insulting

  4 Copy quote

• Each of the various tactics that have been tried to get Israel to budge.. nonviolent resistance, legal accountability, BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions).. has had some measure of success.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Success, Israel, Accountability

  4 Copy quote

• I don't feel particularly attached to Israel - 'nationalism,' as Noam Chomsky said, 'is not my cup of tea' - but I feel no particular need to demonize it.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Israel, Tea, Needs

  4 Copy quote

• There's no question that public opinion is changing, and if you're a person of the left, your goal is presumably to try to mobilize public opinion to affect elite policy; and I think now there are unusual, unprecedented opportunities to do so.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Opportunity, Thinking, Goal

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  4 Copy quote

• I would not have stayed at a university if it told me upfront that a condition for me getting tenure. my views have to be filtered through Catholic values. I would consider it a betrayal of my parents' legacy.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Betrayal, Views, Parent

  7 Copy quote

• You know, frankly speaking, money just doesn't figure largely in my world view.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Views, World, Figures

  4 Copy quote

• There are many issues, as everyone knows, in the United States on which public opinion leans very much to the left of elite policy, but that's because public opinion hasn't been turned into a political force.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Political, Opinion, Policy

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

  6 Copy quote

• I earn - I'm not - I don't want to claim I'm a scholar of great stature, but I have made a certain reputation for myself, I've published several books, I've never been able to get a permanent teaching job.

  Norman Finkelstein

  Jobs, Book, Teaching

  4 Copy quote

Page 2 of 2

First

← Prev

1

2

Next →

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin