“I think that one of the benefits of optimism and idealism is that they lead you into things you would never have tried if you'd let yourself imagine how hard it was going to turn out to be.” — Roméo Dallaire Copy Share Image
Is the human condition not defined by an endless struggle to control the ego's subterfuges? — Roméo Dallaire Copy Share Image
I know there is a God because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and… — Roméo Dallaire Copy Share Image
More and more, we have been able to present the argument that recruitment of child soldiers is a social breakdown that leads to atrocities,… — Romeo Dallaire Copy Share Image
“Many signs point to the fact that the youth of the Third World will no longer tolerate living in circumstances that give them no… — Roméo Dallaire Copy Share Image
“Still, I did not regret for a moment leaving the bright lights of Manhattan behind in favour of night skies so dark the stars… — Roméo Dallaire Copy Share Image
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… — Romeo Dallaire Copy Share Image
Death became a desired option. I hoped I would hit a mine or run into an ambush and just end it all. I think… — Romeo Dallaire Copy Share Image
Where you are born should not dictate your potential as a human being. — Roméo Dallaire Copy Share Image
“If I decide to make a career in the army, he said, I would never be rich, but I would live one of the… — Roméo Dallaire Copy Share Image
The night I flew out from Rwanda, I landed in Nairobi, and I was on my way back home, and my left side started… — Romeo Dallaire Copy Share Image
The first breath of air of Africa - it felt like you were in another continent - you were, you were - and it… — Romeo Dallaire Copy Share Image
