Rwanda Quotes

I was born in the West after World War II in a senselessly wealthy country, and I never really had to struggle. Sure, there were years when I didn`t have a refrigerator or stove, but that`s nothing compared to Rwanda.

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 argument to wade in a stop slaughters in places like Bosnia and Kosovo and what we probably should have done in Rwanda.

We pledge to speak up whenever or wherever a Jew is in danger, anywhere in the world, ... We pledge also to speak up on behalf of all people in danger -- in Bosnia, in Rwanda, in Sudan.

In their greatest hour of need, the world failed the people of Rwanda.

Somali is turning into a desert. Rwanda, you can hardly find a place to plant a potato, it`s so crowded.

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 don`t know, maybe fifty, a hundred, million dollars.

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 and security.

I moved to Rwanda in November 2000.

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 their competence, in the end, the decision is going to be made by other people and not by them.

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 don`t want to get involved in this.

Who the hell cared about Rwanda?

The international community didn`t give one damn for Rwandans because Rwanda was a country of no strategic importance,