Quotes About Rwanda

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

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 instance of the chaos and anarchy associated with collapsed states. In fact, the genocide was the product of order, authoritarianism, decades of modern political theorizing and indoctrination, and one of the most meticulously admistered states in history.

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.

The fact that you had disruptions in the peace process was not only in Rwanda. We had the same problem in Cambodia, we had the same problem in Mozambique, we had the same problem in Salvador.

I'm most proud of my heritage; being able to shape people's perception of Rwanda or Rwandans.

Rwanda really did take very strong steps towards development. I mean, this place is unrecognizable. There's a very good management of economy and resources - it's a success story, and that's great.

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.

Wherever God spends the day, He comes home to sleep in Rwanda.

The history and national interest of Rwanda and the Rwandan people dictate our national orientation.

I was six years old when the conflict started in Rwanda.

If there is any hope that we in America might one day overcome our own history of genocide, slavery, discrimination, and oppression and create a justice system that is truly a source of international pride rather than shame, I suspect Rwanda may have as much to teach us about what is required as any tour of a Norwegian prison.

In all my travels, I've never seen a country's population more determined to forgive, and to build and succeed than in Rwanda.

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 Spring Tunisia and Egypt when measured by degrees of income inequality.

Human Rights Watch wants Rwandans to be able to speak freely about their ethnic hatreds, and to allow political parties connected with the defeated genocide army to campaign freely for power.

Rwanda was the best place. The people are so nice and positive about their future.

Acumen Fund is my prayer in response to genocide and what happened in Rwanda.

I don't think anybody out there in the media, U.N., human rights organisations, has any moral right whatsoever to level any accusations against me or against Rwanda. Because, when it came to the problems facing Rwanda, and the Congo, they were all useless.

'Hotel Rwanda' is an American product, not a Rwandan one, made primarily for American audiences.

I never make a distinction between private life and politics - that's a petit bourgeois thing. How can you make a stand against Nazi Germany, or in Rwanda, when you live life by making that distinction?

Nobody tells you Rwanda looks like Tuscany with its tiled roofs.

Rwanda has emerged from the devastation of genocide and become more secure and prosperous than anyone had a right to expect.

The U.N. was there to protect other Rwandese.

Somewhere in Rwanda, a rural farmer is dreaming of providing an education for her children. Not just high school, but maybe even a university degree. Such a dream used to seem out of reach.

In Rwanda, which has gone through a devastating civil war and has a per-capita income of $16 per year, half of members of Parliament are women. But in most countries, including the United States, theres a paucity of women in public office.