The news media’s silence, particularly television news, is reprehensible. If we knew as much about Darfur as we do about Michael Jackson, we might be able to stop these things from continuing. – Nicholas D. Kristof
As soon as I was old enough to drive, I got a job at a local newspaper. There was someone who influenced me. He wrote a column for The Guardian from this tiny village in India. – Nicholas D. Kristof
Every year 3.1 million Indian children die before the age of 5, mostly from diseases of poverty like diarrhea. – Nicholas D. Kristof
There seems to be this sense among even well-meaning Americans that Africa is this black hole of murder and mutilation that can never be fixed, no matter what aid is brought in. – Nicholas D. Kristof
One of the things that really got to me was talking to parents who had been burned out of their villages, had family members killed, and then when men showed up at the wells to get water, they were shot. – Nicholas D. Kristof
The conflict in Darfur could escalate to where we’re seeing 100,000 victims per month. – Nicholas D. Kristof
You will be judged in years to come by how you responded to genocide on your watch. – Nicholas D. Kristof
Half a million women die each year around the world in pregnancy. It’s not biology that kills them so much as neglect. – Nicholas D. Kristof
We all might ask ourselves why we tune in to these more trivial matters and tune out when it comes to Darfur. – Nicholas D. Kristof
The photos were taken by African Union soldiers. People in Congress saw them. I thought if people could see them, there would be public outcry. No one would be able to say, We just didn’t know what was going on there. – Nicholas D. Kristof
I think it’s dangerous to be optimistic. Things could go terribly wrong virtually overnight. – Nicholas D. Kristof
There isn’t a political price to be paid yet for doing nothing. People need to get upset with President Bush. People need to get upset with their Congressmen. – Nicholas D. Kristof
Most of the villagers were hiding in the bush, where they were dying from bad water, malaria and malnutrition. – Nicholas D. Kristof
I try to be careful about wording. One of the things I’ve tried to combat in my blog is the notion that journalists are arrogant and unconcerned with the readership. – Nicholas D. Kristof
Neither Western donor countries like the U.S. nor poor recipients like Cameroon care much about Africans who are poor, rural and female. – Nicholas D. Kristof
While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren’t actually angry at the president about inaction. – Nicholas D. Kristof
You don’t need to invade a place or install a new government to help bring about a positive change. – Nicholas D. Kristof
All of a sudden their husband’s dead and maybe a child is dead and they have absolutely nothing – and they’re heading through the desert at night. – Nicholas D. Kristof
There are other issues I have felt more emotionally connected to, like China, where I lived and worked for some time. I was living there when Tiananmen Square erupted. – Nicholas D. Kristof
The fact that people will pay you to talk to people and travel to interesting places and write about what intrigues you, I am just amazed by that. – Nicholas D. Kristof
It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that’s the case. – Nicholas D. Kristof
The bulk of the emails tend to come after a column. I can get about 2,000 after a column. – Nicholas D. Kristof
