Ambassadors Quote by Madeleine Albright

The story of U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda is not a story of willful complicity with evil. U.S. officials did not sit…

— Samantha Power

I promised never to let the Rwandan Genocide die because I knew the Rwandans didn't have much power internationally and certainly didn't have the…

— Romeo Dallaire

I voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations.

— John F. Kerry

But I will tell you that I didn't go to Washington to sit around and wait for Congressional action. Never done that before, and…

— Gina McCarthy

I went to Congress to change the policies of our country. I did not go to change the behaviors of members of Congress.

— Nancy Pelosi

“In Europe, his contacts apologized and said there was nothing they could do. They would keep trying, but no one was listening. Rwanda had…

— Naomi Benaron

“The perpetrators of genocides are usually men of the herd, men who follow orders without questioning them. Rwanda was no exception.”

— John Rucyahana

Perhaps we have failed as human beings. Perhaps we have embarrassed ourselves to the natural world. We have been rigorous and willful in all…

— Sufjan Stevens

I don't want to force the peacekeeping nations to feel like I'm pushing them out.

— Michel Martelly

“We all agree that those in Washington aren’t serving the will of either side. Let’s set aside our differences for the moment, agree that…

— Joseph Befumo

Everything I did as secretary of state was in furtherance of America's interests and our values.

— Hillary Clinton

Additionally, borrowing a page from U.S. foreign policy, I decided to send a message to a government that was becoming increasingly hostile.

— Timothy McVeigh