Rwanda

"I know there is a God because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil."

"Rwanda is a classic case of conflict-generated refugees leading to a refugee-generated conflict."

"There's a Rwandan proverb: "A message is given to many, but those who are meant to understand, understand." There's always a subtext in Rwanda. You don't have to resort to brutal language. People understand."

"Nothing prepares you for Rwanda. Kigali feels serene, orderly, and almost disarmingly peaceful. Yet beneath that calm lies a memory so vast that it seems to change the very air around you. … The Tai Ji Men case is not Rwanda. But Rwanda teaches us that no society is immune to injustice. The Rome Model shows us that injustice grows if left unchecked. The lesson of March 24 is that truth is the first step toward restoring dignity."

"I am sometimes asked to name the thing that most scares me about Rwanda. My answer is this: It frightens me to death when my countrymen are not talking. If a Rwandan is brooding you never know what he is thinking."

"For the responsibility incumbent on him in this genocide in Rwanda and which he cannot discard either on others or on the whole of the national community, he (M. Mitterrand) is part of the sinister club of hell surnames of the 20th century, of those genocidaires who are synonymous with absolute abomination."

"Not surprisingly, relations between Burundi and Rwanda have soured in the meantime, while Rwanda openly presents itself as "the protector of the Burundian people against their murderous president" and regularly suggests that it might intervene with its neighbours."

"Which countries have the most women in parliament?: Country (%) 1 Rwanda 63.8"