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> [More and more, we have been able to present the argument that recruitment of child soldiers is a social breakdown that leads to atrocities, because that's why they get them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/more-and-more-we-have-been-able-to-present-the-argument-that/)

[Romeo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

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> [It may seem unimaginable to you that child soldiers exist and yet the reality for many rebel and gang leaders, and even state governments, is that there is no more complete end-to-end weapon system in the inventory of war machines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/it-may-seem-unimaginable-to-you-that-child-soldiers-exist-and-yet-the/)

[Roméo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

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## More by Roméo Dallaire

> [Is the human condition not defined by an endless struggle to control the ego's subterfuges?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/is-the-human-condition-not-defined-by-an-endless-struggle-to-control/)

[Roméo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [I know there is a God because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/i-know-there-is-a-god-because-in-rwanda-i-shook-hands-with-the-devil/)

[Roméo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [More and more, we have been able to present the argument that recruitment of child soldiers is a social breakdown that leads to atrocities,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/more-and-more-we-have-been-able-to-present-the-argument-that/)

[Romeo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [“Many signs point to the fact that the youth of the Third World will no longer tolerate living in circumstances that give them no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/many-signs-point-to-the-fact-that-the-youth-of-the-third-world-will/)

[Roméo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [“Still, I did not regret for a moment leaving the bright lights of Manhattan behind in favour of night skies so dark the stars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/still-i-did-not-regret-for-a-moment-leaving-the-bright-lights-of/)

[Roméo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [Are all humans human? Or are some more human than others?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/are-all-humans-human-or-are-some-more-human-than-others/)

[Roméo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [I felt it absolutely essential that we plant the U.N. flag in Rwanda and plant it in a place of significance to show all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/i-felt-it-absolutely-essential-that-we-plant-the-u-n-flag-in-rwanda/)

[Romeo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [Death became a desired option. I hoped I would hit a mine or run into an ambush and just end it all. I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/death-became-a-desired-option-i-hoped-i-would-hit-a-mine-or-run-into/)

[Romeo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [Where you are born should not dictate your potential as a human being.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/where-you-are-born-should-not-dictate-your-potential-as-a-human-being/)

[Roméo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [“If I decide to make a career in the army, he said, I would never be rich, but I would live one of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/if-i-decide-to-make-a-career-in-the-army-he-said-i-would-never-be/)

[Roméo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [The night I flew out from Rwanda, I landed in Nairobi, and I was on my way back home, and my left side started…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/the-night-i-flew-out-from-rwanda-i-landed-in-nairobi-and-i-was-on-my/)

[Romeo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [The first breath of air of Africa - it felt like you were in another continent - you were, you were - and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/the-first-breath-of-air-of-africa-it-felt-like-you-were-in-another/)

[Romeo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [Those who are mastering more and more the communications revolution, those who realize that there are no borders in the world, are the ones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/those-who-are-mastering-more-and-more-the-communications-revolution/)

[Romeo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [I think the only value of 'Hotel Rwanda' is the fact that it keeps the Rwandan genocide alive, but as far as content, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/i-think-the-only-value-of-hotel-rwanda-is-the-fact-that-it-keeps-the/)

[Romeo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

> [Now is the time to take up the cause of the advancement of human rights for all and the moment is yours to grasp.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/now-is-the-time-to-take-up-the-cause-of-the-advancement-of-human/)

[Roméo Dallaire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rom-o-dallaire/)

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