Quotes About Reparation

We took away their country and their means of support. It was for this and against this that they made war. Could anyone expect less?

proposed as appropriate compensation. This reminds me

Companies that step up to repair the harm they've caused and prevent new harm from occurring have a much easier time attracting top talent to their doors. It's probably going to be cheaper for your organization to resolve your legacy issues now than it will be a decade from now, when the harm will have mounted even more.

Kekayaan Indonesia selama ratusan tahun dirampok oleh perusahaan asing, tak ada dari keuntungan itu ditanamkan lagi di bumi Indonesia. Berbeda dengan seorang patriot yang mencintai tanah tumpah darahnya, bangsa yang menjajah kami tidak memelihara tanah jajahan itu. Mereka menghancurkannya. Kami tidak terlibat dalam hal ini, tetapi kami menjadi pewaris-pewarisnya.

The best way to correct a mistake is to make it right.

The Holocaust industry has always been bankrupt. What remains is to openly declare it so. The time is long past to put it out of business.

The passing of Time is the greatest misconception of reparation.

I owe you, remember? How am I ever going to make things up to you if you won't let me do stuff?

And we owe them the gesture of helping to make their future more secure after what we took from them.

Mu meel oli mõru; mõtlesin, et harva soostub loodus hüvitama kahju; ja sama kehtib ka inimühiskonnas, mis looduse üldskeemidest eemaldumisel on arglik ja aeglane; milline mõttelooline saavutus oleks aga jõuda nii kaugele, et loodust ei võetaks kui järgimisväärset eeskuju, vaid kui vormitut rahnu, mida tahuda, või kui vaenlast, kellele vastu hakata.

Justice for the major perpetrators cannot be separated from the vindication of the rights of the individual victim.

No love or pity, pardon or excuse should soften the sharp pang of reparation for the guilty man.

It sometimes occurs to me that everything I do is a substitute for something else, and that every venture I embark on is a botched attempt at reparation for a thing done or left undone—don't ask me to explain it.

When an offense occurs, a debt is owed. You have heard it said, "He'll pay for this." So forgiveness is like the cancellation of a debt.

They (the German companies) want to buy moral forgiveness but you don't buy moral forgiveness at bargain-basement prices.

You owe me. You roasted my father.

vowing to take back what has been stolen.

The world today is indebted to us for the benefits of civilization. They stole our arts and sciences from Africa. Then why should we be ashamed of ourselves?

Let the punishment match the offense.

Restitution: Find some way to make amends, at least partially.

The white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the so-called United States.

I stole their future from them; I can only being to repay by seeing what I can learn from their past.

Fourteen billion dollars in gold alone have been taken out of our sacred land and they offer us 120 million in compensation!

To cheat oneself out of love is the most terrible deception; it is an eternal loss for which there is no reparation, either in time or in eternity