Top 5 Quotes by Djemal Pasha

I am ashamed of my nation.

Genocide, Armenian Genocide, Ashamed

800,000 Armenian deportees were actually killed... by holding the guilty accountable the government is intent on cleansing the bloody past.

Djemal Pasha

Past, Government, Cleansing

With us it is not a question of Bolshevism or democracy, but of life or death. A decision in favor of a Soviet could not be opposed by the Young Turks.

Djemal Pasha

Decision, Democracy, Favors

"Djemal Pasha In Moscow", New York Times, June 17, 1920.

There is nothing in the world that could make me turn from the law. With a clear conscience, I am prepared to answer for each and every one of my political and administrative orders and actions, and to do so before the court of public opinion.

Djemal Pasha

Order, Law, Political

"A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility". Book by by Taner Akçam, Paul Bessemer, p. 246, 2006.