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title: "141 Rwanda Quotes by 81 authors"
description: "Browse 141 Rwanda quotes by 81 authors. Discover the best Rwanda sayings and thoughts."
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> [In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/in-their-greatest-hour-of-need-the-world-failed-the-people-of-rwanda/)

[Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/)

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> [I was six years old when the conflict started in Rwanda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/clemantine-wamariya/i-was-six-years-old-when-the-conflict-started-in-rwanda/)

[Clemantine Wamariya](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/clemantine-wamariya/)

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> [To some extent, Rwanda became a victim of the Somalia experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kofi-annan/to-some-extent-rwanda-became-a-victim-of-the-somalia-experience/)

[Kofi Annan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kofi-annan/)

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> [I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-farmer/i-can-t-think-of-a-better-model-for-haiti-rebuilding-than-rwanda/)

[Paul Farmer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-farmer/)

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> [Rwanda is a democracy not a monarchy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kagame/rwanda-is-a-democracy-not-a-monarchy/)

[Paul Kagame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kagame/)

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> [I was born in Nyarugenge, a district in Kigali, Rwanda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ncuti-gatwa/i-was-born-in-nyarugenge-a-district-in-kigali-rwanda/)

[Ncuti Gatwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ncuti-gatwa/)

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> [Wherever God spends the day, He comes home to sleep in Rwanda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/wherever-god-spends-the-day-he-comes-home-to-sleep-in-rwanda/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

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> [Nobody tells you Rwanda looks like Tuscany with its tiled roofs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joanna-lumley/nobody-tells-you-rwanda-looks-like-tuscany-with-its-tiled-roofs/)

[Joanna Lumley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joanna-lumley/)

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> [“The perpetrators of genocides are usually men of the herd, men who follow orders without questioning them. Rwanda was no exception.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rucyahana/the-perpetrators-of-genocides-are-usually-men-of-the-herd-men-who/)

[John Rucyahana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rucyahana/)

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> [ It is the worst atrocity underway \[in Rwanda\]. But it's barely in the media, and people just don't know about it. And… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/it-is-the-worst-atrocity-underway-in-rwanda-but-it-s-barely-in-the/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [Strong economic growth, and especially a significant increase in private sector investment, is the only sustainable path forward for Rwanda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kagame/strong-economic-growth-and-especially-a-significant-increase-in/)

[Paul Kagame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kagame/)

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> [The history and national interest of Rwanda and the Rwandan people dictate our national orientation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kagame/the-history-and-national-interest-of-rwanda-and-the-rwandan-people/)

[Paul Kagame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kagame/)

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> [Acumen Fund is my prayer in response to genocide and what happened in Rwanda.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacqueline-novogratz/acumen-fund-is-my-prayer-in-response-to-genocide-and-what-happened-in/)

[Jacqueline Novogratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacqueline-novogratz/)

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> [For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boutros-boutros-ghali/for-president-clinton-according-to-this-discussion-i-had-with-him/)

[Boutros Boutros-Ghali](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boutros-boutros-ghali/)

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> [“I was on the ground, I was in command, I had been given the mission, and I took the decision.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rom-o-dallaire/i-was-on-the-ground-i-was-in-command-i-had-been-given-the-mission-and/)

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

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> [I filmed my first narrative feature in 2006, a story set in Rwanda called 'Munyurangabo.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-isaac-chung/i-filmed-my-first-narrative-feature-in-2006-a-story-set-in-rwanda/)

[Lee Isaac Chung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-isaac-chung/)

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> [Half the U.S. population owns barely 2 percent of its wealth, putting the United States near Rwanda and Uganda and below such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-alterman/half-the-u-s-population-owns-barely-2-percent-of-its-wealth-putting/)

[Eric Alterman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-alterman/)

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> [“On the last Saturday of every month, Rwanda goes to work for itself: clearing land, building classrooms, making roads. On these national…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-crisafulli/on-the-last-saturday-of-every-month-rwanda-goes-to-work-for-itself/)

[Patricia Crisafulli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-crisafulli/)

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> [Israel and Rwanda both play an active part in international organizations, including the U.N., but I think it's true that our unique…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kagame/israel-and-rwanda-both-play-an-active-part-in-international/)

[Paul Kagame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kagame/)

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> [I dream of a world liberated of all diseases. Ignorance also upsets me a lot. How can one calmly look at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-campbell/i-dream-of-a-world-liberated-of-all-diseases-ignorance-also-upsets-me/)

[Naomi Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-campbell/)

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> [Rwanda is an example in terms of the transformation of the rights of women. But if you talk to almost any Africanist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swanee-hunt/rwanda-is-an-example-in-terms-of-the-transformation-of-the-rights-of/)

[Swanee Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swanee-hunt/)

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> [“In Europe, his contacts apologized and said there was nothing they could do. They would keep trying, but no one was listening.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/naomi-benaron/in-europe-his-contacts-apologized-and-said-there-was-nothing-they/)

[Naomi Benaron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/naomi-benaron/)

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> [When people accuse us of taking coltan from Congo, I don't understand what they mean. The quality of our own coltan here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kagame/when-people-accuse-us-of-taking-coltan-from-congo-i-don-t-understand/)

[Paul Kagame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kagame/)

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> [I think that's the main threat in Bosnia and Rwanda and Zaire. There doesn't seem to be much willingness to engage these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-pomfret/i-think-that-s-the-main-threat-in-bosnia-and-rwanda-and-zaire-there/)

[John Pomfret](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-pomfret/)

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> [Rwanda is a very open and free country. Key to our recovery as a nation has a range of grassroots, citizen-centered polices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kagame/rwanda-is-a-very-open-and-free-country-key-to-our-recovery-as-a/)

[Paul Kagame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kagame/)

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> [Fossey, Fossey, you cranky difficult strong-arming self-destructive misanthrope, mediocre scientist, deceiver of earnest college students, probable cause of more deaths of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-sapolsky/fossey-fossey-you-cranky-difficult-strong-arming-self-destructive/)

[Robert M. Sapolsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-sapolsky/)

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> [Even as a woman who has a voice in the world, I struggle to find it, to use it, to keep it,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-tempest-williams/even-as-a-woman-who-has-a-voice-in-the-world-i-struggle-to-find-it-to/)

[Terry Tempest Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-tempest-williams/)

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> [Post-genocide Rwanda has managed to implement a good universal health insurance scheme that covers a large proportion of the population. This came…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-robinson/post-genocide-rwanda-has-managed-to-implement-a-good-universal-health/)

[Mary Robinson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-robinson/)

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> [I went to Rwanda with my wife who had been going for the past three summers. She is an art therapist who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-isaac-chung/i-went-to-rwanda-with-my-wife-who-had-been-going-for-the-past-three/)

[Lee Isaac Chung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-isaac-chung/)

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> [Human rights are not the preserve of Western activists: The definition must extend to encompass the right to the dignified life; the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kagame/human-rights-are-not-the-preserve-of-western-activists-the-definition/)

[Paul Kagame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kagame/)

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> [In Rwanda, we have a society that has experienced a very serious rupture and you can't expect all of a sudden that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-kagame/in-rwanda-we-have-a-society-that-has-experienced-a-very-serious/)

[Paul Kagame](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-kagame/)

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> [The United States is the lone superpower of the world. We have a stake in Rwanda's success because we have a stake…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swanee-hunt/the-united-states-is-the-lone-superpower-of-the-world-we-have-a-stake/)

[Swanee Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swanee-hunt/)

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> [ “...The typhoon of madness that swept through the country \[of Rwanda\] between April 7 and the third week of May accounted for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rucyahana/the-typhoon-of-madness-that-swept-through-the-country-of-rwanda/)

[John Rucyahana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rucyahana/)

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> [“George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/george-bush-made-a-mistake-when-he-referred-to-the-saddam-hussein/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [“I once spoke to someone who had survived the genocide in Rwanda, and she said to me that there was now nobody…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/i-once-spoke-to-someone-who-had-survived-the-genocide-in-rwanda-and/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [ “{President\] Kayibanda's government \[in Rwanda\] continued the persecution against the Tutsis and began to make use of the media it controlled to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-rucyahana/president-kayibanda-s-government-in-rwanda-continued-the-persecution/)

[John Rucyahana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-rucyahana/)

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> [“But did it have to be that those who were most damaged by the genocide remained the most neglected in the aftermath?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-gourevitch/but-did-it-have-to-be-that-those-who-were-most-damaged-by-the/)

[Philip Gourevitch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-gourevitch/)

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> [“Remembering​ ​is​ ​something​ ​God​ ​asks​ ​us​ ​to​ ​do​ ​over​ ​and​ ​over​ ​in​ ​the​ ​Bible:​ ​“Remember the​ ​Sabbath​ ​day​ ​by​ ​keeping​ ​it​ ​holy”​…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-irivuzumugabe/remembering-is-something-god-asks-us-to-do-over-and-over-in-the-bible/)

[Eric Irivuzumugabe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-irivuzumugabe/)

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> [“Rwandans have a funny relationship with God, which they convey through a story that anyone can tell you: "God worked very hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-ruxin/rwandans-have-a-funny-relationship-with-god-which-they-convey-through/)

[Josh Ruxin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-ruxin/)

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> [“You see, each country has a colour, a smell, and also a contagious sickness. In my country the sickness is complacency. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gil-courtemanche/you-see-each-country-has-a-colour-a-smell-and-also-a-contagious/)

[Gil Courtemanche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gil-courtemanche/)

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## Top authors on Rwanda

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                        "text": "I think that's the main threat in Bosnia and Rwanda and Zaire. There doesn't seem to be much willingness to engage these problems unless they directly affect national security interests.",
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                        "text": "Rwanda is a very open and free country. Key to our recovery as a nation has a range of grassroots, citizen-centered polices we call \"homegrown solutions.\" The idea that Rwanda is highly controlled from the center belies the reality, which is that citizens in every village have a powerful say in how things get done. We prize accountability and Rwandans are quickly adapting themselves to the possibilities of a digital economy.",
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                        "text": "Fossey, Fossey, you cranky difficult strong-arming self-destructive misanthrope, mediocre scientist, deceiver of earnest college students, probable cause of more deaths of the gorillas than if you had never set foot in Rwanda, Fossey, you pain-in-the-ass saint, I do not believe in prayers or souls, but I will pray for your soul, I will remember you for all of my days, in gratitude for that moment by the graves when all I felt was the pure, cleansing sadness of returning home and finding nothing but ghosts.",
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                        "text": "Even as a woman who has a voice in the world, I struggle to find it, to use it, to keep it, to stretch it, to take risks with my words. And I don't think I'm alone. I think the most powerful women among us struggle with how to use their voice. Because I think what every woman knows, is that when she speaks her truth she is at risk - whether it's Hillary Clinton or a rural woman in Rwanda.",
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                        "text": "Post-genocide Rwanda has managed to implement a good universal health insurance scheme that covers a large proportion of the population. This came about because of the severity of the country's problems and the resulting high proportion of women in the parliament and among professional caregivers, which had a positive effect on policy.",
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                        "text": "I went to Rwanda with my wife who had been going for the past three summers. She is an art therapist who works with survivors of the genocide. I decided to become a volunteer also, and to teach filmmaking. But thinking about how to approach a class, it made sense to start making a movie there, with the kids.",
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                        "text": "Human rights are not the preserve of Western activists: The definition must extend to encompass the right to the dignified life; the right to send your kids to school, for that child to get health care, for access for greater prosperity for generations to come and to have a say in the destiny of your community and country. Under that definition, Rwanda has nothing to learn from advocacy groups who think they own the copyright on what constitutes human rights under all conditions in every corner of the world.",
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                        "text": "In Rwanda, we have a society that has experienced a very serious rupture and you can't expect all of a sudden that things will be perfect. Even so: You cannot find any more areas where any segment of the population would be afraid to go, like we used to have before. But there is always a lot more to do.",
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                        "text": "The United States is the lone superpower of the world. We have a stake in Rwanda's success because we have a stake in the world's stability.And we have got to understand the need for a paradigm shift. This is not about \"might makes right.\" This is about a democratic movement that pulls out the voices of all of the people so that they come up with a fair and healthy and stable and sustainable society. And if we can learn those lessons in a place like Rwanda, then we can apply them around the world.",
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                        "text": "“...The typhoon of madness that swept through the country [of Rwanda] between April 7 and the third week of May accounted for 80 percent of the victims of the genocide. That means about eight hundred thousand people were murdered during those six weeks, making the daily killing rate at least five times that of the Nazi death camps. The simple peasants of Rwanda, with their machetes, clubs, and sticks with nails, had killed at a faster rate than the Nazi death machine with its gas chambers, mass ovens, and firing squads. In my opinion, the killing frenzy of the Rwandan genocide shared a vital common thread with the technological efficiency of the Nazi genocide--satanic hate in abundance was at the core of both.”",
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                        "text": "“George Bush made a mistake when he referred to the Saddam Hussein regime as 'evil.' Every liberal and leftist knows how to titter at such black-and-white moral absolutism. What the president should have done, in the unlikely event that he wanted the support of America's peace-mongers, was to describe a confrontation with Saddam as the 'lesser evil.' This is a term the Left can appreciate. Indeed, 'lesser evil' is part of the essential tactical rhetoric of today's Left, and has been deployed to excuse or overlook the sins of liberal Democrats, from President Clinton's bombing of Sudan to Madeleine Albright's veto of an international rescue for Rwanda when she was U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Among those longing for nuance, moral relativism—the willingness to use the term evil, when combined with a willingness to make accommodations with it—is the smart thing: so much more sophisticated than 'cowboy' language.”",
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                        "text": "“I once spoke to someone who had survived the genocide in Rwanda, and she said to me that there was now nobody left on the face of the earth, either friend or relative, who knew who she was . No one who remembered her girlhood and her early mischief and family lore; no sibling or boon companion who could tease her about that first romance; no lover or pal with whom to reminisce. All her birthdays, exam results, illnesses, friendships, kinships—gone. She went on living, but with a tabula rasa as her diary and calendar and notebook. I think of this every time I hear of the callow ambition to 'make a new start' or to be 'born again': Do those who talk this way truly wish for the slate to be wiped? Genocide means not just mass killing, to the level of extermination, but mass obliteration to the verge of extinction. You wish to have one more reflection on what it is to have been made the object of a 'clean' sweep? Try Vladimir Nabokov's microcosmic miniature story 'Signs and Symbols,' which is about angst and misery in general but also succeeds in placing it in what might be termed a starkly individual perspective. The album of the distraught family contains a faded study of Aunt Rosa, a fussy, angular, wild-eyed old lady, who had lived in a tremulous world of bad news, bankruptcies, train accidents, cancerous growths—until the Germans put her to death, together with all the people she had worried about.”",
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                        "text": "“{President] Kayibanda's government [in Rwanda] continued the persecution against the Tutsis and began to make use of the media it controlled to launch a propaganda campaign against us. In a country where more than half the people cannot read or write and very few have televisions, radio is the dominant media. The fact that some newspapers were still printing the truth didn't matter much to the part of the population that couldn't read. Most of the literate people were already politically aware. While an educated person might question what they read or hear from the media, the uneducated tend to accept it. The uneducated are more easily affected by threats and the emotional trauma that propaganda like this can create.”",
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                        "text": "“But did it have to be that those who were most damaged by the genocide remained the most neglected in the aftermath? Bonaventure Nyibizi was especially worried about young survivors becoming extremists themselves. \"Let's say we have a hundred thousand young people who lost their families and have no hope, no future. In a country like this if you tell them, 'Go and kill your neighbor because he killed your father and your seven brothers and sister,' they'll take the machete and do it. Why? Because they're not looking at the future with optimism. If you say the country must move toward reconciliation, but at the same time it forgets these people, what happens? When they are walking on the street we don't realize their problems, but perhaps they have seen their mothers being raped, or their sisters being raped. It will require a lot to make sure that these people can come back to society and look at the future and say, 'Yes, let us try.'\" That effort wasn't being made. The government had no program for survivors.”",
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                        "text": "“Remembering​ ​is​ ​something​ ​God​ ​asks​ ​us​ ​to​ ​do​ ​over​ ​and​ ​over​ ​in​ ​the​ ​Bible:​ ​“Remember the​ ​Sabbath​ ​day​ ​by​ ​keeping​ ​it​ ​holy”​ ​(Exod.​ ​20:8).​ ​​ ​“Remember​ ​your​ ​Creator”​ ​(Eccles.​ ​12:1).​ ​​ ​The Israelites​ ​were​ ​experts​ ​at​ ​remembering,​ ​building​ ​altars​ ​of​ ​thanks​ ​and​ ​celebrating​ ​festivals​ ​to​ ​be mindful​ ​of​ ​God’s​ ​mighty​ ​acts​ ​of​ ​provision.​ ​​ ​They​ ​had​ ​much​ ​to​ ​celebrate:​ ​​ ​the​ ​parting​ ​of​ ​the​ ​Red Sea,​ ​the​ ​supply​ ​of​ ​manna​ ​in​ ​the​ ​desert,​ ​the​ ​cloud​ ​by​ ​day​ ​and​ ​the​ ​pillar​ ​of​ ​fire​ ​by​ ​night.​ ​​ ​In remembering,​ ​they​ ​knew​ ​God​ ​was​ ​faithful,​ ​and​ ​it​ ​fortified​ ​their​ ​faith​ ​for​ ​the​ ​next​ ​battle​ ​ahead. All​ ​of​ ​us​ ​who​ ​are​ ​Christians​ ​are​ ​asked​ ​to​ ​remember​ ​too.​ ​​ ​The​ ​violence​ ​of​ ​the​ ​cross​ ​is​ ​in front​ ​of​ ​us​ ​each​ ​time​ ​we​ ​take​ ​communion--”Do​ ​this​ ​in​ ​remembrance​ ​of​ ​Me”​ ​(Luke​ ​22:19). Though​ ​it​ ​isn’t​ ​easy​ ​to​ ​face,​ ​we​ ​are​ ​asked​ ​to​ ​remember​ ​the​ ​blood​ ​He​ ​spilled​ ​out​ ​for​ ​us.​ ​​ ​When​ ​I embrace​ ​His​ ​suffering​ ​for​ ​me,​ ​it​ ​gives​ ​meaning​ ​to​ ​my​ ​own.​ ​​ ​I​ ​know​ ​it​ ​also​ ​forces​ ​me​ ​to remember​ ​the​ ​pain​ ​of​ ​others.​ ​​ ​And​ ​God​ ​doesn’t​ ​want​ ​me​ ​to​ ​forget​ ​the​ ​innocent​ ​blood​ ​that​ ​was shed​ ​over​ ​the​ ​hills​ ​of​ ​Rwanda.​ ​​ ​The​ ​act​ ​of​ ​remembering​ ​holds​ ​something​ ​very​ ​sacred--it​ ​makes us​ ​more​ ​grateful.​ ​​ ​We​ ​have​ ​to​ ​be​ ​willing​ ​to​ ​remember​ ​our​ ​pain​ ​so​ ​we​ ​can​ ​comfort​ ​and​ ​offer​ ​a place​ ​of​ ​healing​ ​for​ ​others.​ ​(pp.​ ​152-153)”",
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                        "text": "“Rwandans have a funny relationship with God, which they convey through a story that anyone can tell you: \"God worked very hard for six days creating the heavens and the earth. But on the seventh day, he needed a break, so he picked Rwanda as the place to take a much needed sleep. God sleeps in Rwanda, then keeps busy at work everywhere else.\" This story has two meanings: The negative take is that God is not in Rwanda to protect you or answer your prayers, that He comes here only to shut His eyes. The other interpretation of \"God sleeps in Rwanda\" is that the country is a mile up, cooler and more beautiful than any other place, and so, naturally, this would be where God comes when He is not punching the clock. His favorite place. It was the second interpretation that we needed to believe.”",
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                        "text": "“You see, each country has a colour, a smell, and also a contagious sickness. In my country the sickness is complacency. In France it's arrogance, and in the United States it's ignorance.\" \"What about Rwanda?\" \"Easy power and impunity. Here, there's total disorder. To someone who has a little money or powere, everything that seems forbidden elsewhere looks permissible and possible. All it takes is to dare it. Someone who's simply a liar in my country can be a fraud artist here, and the fraud artist gets to be a big-time thief. Chaos and most of all poverty give him powers he wouldn't have elsewhere.”",
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