Happened Quote by Mary Robinson

The genocide (in Rwanda) was a collective act. What made it possible, what made that final political crime possible, was the absence, the erasure,…

— James Orbinski

“Who has the moral high ground? Fifteen blocks from the whitehouse on small corners in northwest, d.c. boys disguised as me rip each other’s…

— Haki R. Madhubuti

“The pygmy in Gikongoro said that humanity is part of nature and that we must go against nature to get along and have peace.…

— Philip Gourevitch

“Killing Tutsis was a political tradition in postcolonial Rwanda; it brought people together.”

— Philip Gourevitch

The Rwandan policy of putting the genocide behind them is incredibly effective in many ways. But it's also incredibly frightening to think that this…

— Dinaw Mengestu

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

— John Rucyahana

“...The typhoon of madness that swept through the country [of Rwanda] between April 7 and the third week of May accounted for 80 percent…

— John Rucyahana

It is the worst atrocity underway [in Rwanda]. But it's barely in the media, and people just don't know about it. And that's quite…

— Noam Chomsky

“It is incredible that this must be said, but the obvious seems to escape politicized academics, so we must state the obvious: Genocide is…

— A.E. Samaan

I think today that it is essential that the Rwandan tribunal continues to prosecute efficiently. And if the U.N. fails to do that, it…

— Tony Greig

“Genocide" is an invidious word that officials apply readily to cases of victimization in enemy states, but rarely if ever to similar or worse…

— Noam Chomsky

“Genocide, after all, is an exercise in community building...In 1994, Rwanda was regarded in much of the rest of the world as the exemplary…

— Philip Gourevitch