Rwanda Quotes

49 Rwanda quotes by 38 unique authors

In Rwanda that genocide happened because the international community and the Security Council refused to give, again, another 5000 troops which would have cost, I… — Lakhdar Brahimi
Half the U.S. population owns barely 2 percent of its wealth, putting the United States near Rwanda and Uganda and below such nations as pre-Arab… — Eric Alterman
The beautiful faces of the children I’ve met in Rwanda and in other countries are with me every day and fuel my passion to raise… — Christina Aguilera
It depends on the situation. I mean, on one hand there's the argument that people should be left alone on the other hand, there's the… — Jello Biafra
Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London. — Binyavanga Wainaina
One of the difficulties about interviewing people in Rwanda is that the country is trying to get on with ordinary life and some people just… — Tony Greig
The U.N. has been so disappointing to date on the whole Rwanda issue that despite the people they've sent through, and I have no doubt… — Tony Greig
We have a chance here to prove that [Rwanda], a country that almost slaughtered itself out of existence, can practice reconciliation, reorganize itself, focus on… — William J. Clinton
You’re talking about Rwanda or Bangladesh, or Cambodia, or the Philippines. They’ve got democracy, according to Freedom House. But have you got a civilised life… — Lee Kuan Yew
This year marks 20 years since the Rwandan genocide -- the world's greatest humanitarian tragedy of the late 20th century. The international community had pledged… — Park Geun-hye
For many people in the U.N., the 1990s was the worst decade the organization experienced. This was the decade of Somalia, Srebrenica, of Rwanda and… — Unknown Author
Rwanda is not over needing aid, but we can survive with less aid than before. — Paul Kagame
Wherever God spends the day, He comes home to sleep in Rwanda. — Naomi Benaron
Poverty is too complex to be answered with a one-size-fits-all approach, and if there is any place that illustrates that complexity, as well as a… — Jacqueline Novogratz
In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda. — Rick Warren
It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken place in peace… — Paul Kagame
So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa. — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
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… — Robert M. Sapolsky
Rwanda was considered a second-class operation because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali
In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda. — Kofi Annan
My dad was a journalist. He was in Rwanda right after the genocide. In Berlin when the wall came down. He was always disappearing and… — Patrick J. Adams
I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda. — Paul Farmer
I certainly think that another Holocaust can happen again. It did already occur; think of Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. — Miep Gies
Almost 30 years before Rwanda, before Darfur, more than 2 million people – mothers, children, babies, civilians – lost their lives as a result of… — Chinua Achebe
Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful in all the… — Sufjan Stevens

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