"Only those who passed with distinction qualify for the Presidential scholarships so it is clear that whoever else wishes to further their studies should go through the Students Financing Agency for Rwanda ."

"Rwanda’s major resource is its people. Having graduated with diplomas, degrees and masters, you therefore have a big role to play so that your contribution to the nation’s development is felt ."

"The most important resource that we have is young people because they are in position to find solutions to create lasting peace and development ."

"Public institutions have been merged, including those in charge research, extension and livestock, to come up with RAB."

"The budget we have cannot be enough to construct all the needed classrooms, so every body’s efforts are needed in making this a success ."

"There was lack of cooperation between the Government and the Unilak management to seek a solution to this problem and my predecessors in the ministry apologised to that effect ."

"I want to put it on record that there are no intentions by the Ministry to close down this university, and in any case, there has been a significant improvement in the quality of services it offers ."

"During my term of office, some new policies like the adoption of English as the language of instruction, introduction of the nine-year basic education and others took root but they are still in their infant stages and therefore need to be closely followed up ."

"I challenge the management and the directors of SFB to make this school a competitive one not only in the country but also in the whole region and I am sure you can make it."

"The duties of this center mirror the duties of both the ministry and the university. This was certainly a monumental step in the advancement of education and cross-cultural dialogue in Rwanda. Creation of such a center is a promising step in the right direction."

"His sacking was based on a unanimous decision by the whole Board of Governors of the National University of Rwanda to suspend him indefinitely. It was not Gahakwa who decided his fate ."

"You are expected to be devoted to the development of the economy as innovative young people ."

"The economy needs you to transform it so that we can reduce the levels of poverty that most Rwandans live in ."

"What they have taught me and what I take from their lives is this real ability to go beyond yourself and to dedicate your life to the common good, to create spaces and opportunities for freedom for all."

"People say I am powerful but I care more about impactful – in the work I do with children, adolescents, women or even institutions. Those who observe can say, ‘you are powerful,’ but it doesn’t come from me to say I am powerful."

"Women are not children; they are adults that know what they want to do. They should be recognised with their dignity and to start a business whenever they feel like it."

"“When you educate a girl, you educate a nation.”"

"To ensure that we achieve the goals for our development by 2063 we need to fully invest in and optimize of the continent’s other half which for too long has been neglected: the African female."

"Education, particularly for girls, is a catalyst for reducing child and maternal deaths and lifting people out of poverty."

"Investing in education from early childhood has a lasting effect on the survival, development, protection and active participation of children in social, economic and political activities."

"African women need to be in the driving seat of national discourse,women need to be at the centre of our economies,they must also pro-actively seek to correct the status quo."

"Africa’s socio-economic transformation will only be realized once we aggressively address gender-specific challenges, prioritize gender equality and women’s participation, and firmly entrench women in leadership positions at all levels in society."

"These are the beautiful faces,the brilliant minds and vibrant voices of our daughters, nieces, sisters, whose childhood and innocence we have left unprotected, and these shocking statistics on teenage pregnancy do not even paint an accurate nor comprehensive picture of our shameful disregard for young people we claim to love and cherish."

"We must reinvent our relationships and re-engineer the way we relate in our families, in our schools, in our workplaces with the spirit of ubuntu that Archbishop Tutu taught us and exudes with every fibre of his being."

"Tradition has developed a hierarchy in relationship between men and women that leads to discrimination."

"Tradition has developed into practices which overtime have become beliefs which in essence they put women in a position of inferiority."

"We have to change our mindsets, our behaviours, our value system."

"We are proving that we can come together as a united human family to holistically tackle COVID-19, let us apply an equally comprehensive, vigorous, and unrelenting focus to eradicating gender-based violence as well."

"A pandemic within a pandemic has been exposed and we are confronted with the horrific reality that millions of women and children — in every country — are fighting for their survival, not just from COVID-19 but from the brutalities of abusers in the prisons of their homes."

"The problem is not the consequences of what’s happening, it’s the root causes of why and how we got where we are as a society.”"

"We are a society where women, and children by the way, are not safe anywhere. Something absolutely and deeply wrong is happening in our society."

"It is not just fear of a husband that makes a woman bow to these traditions. They are ingrained in her from her upbringing, the women learn to accept as if it's normal."

"Culture for me is when you sing or dance, when you have theatre, when you read a book, a beautiful poem. It doesn't matter whether it's Shakespeare who wrote it or whether it is an African poet – it is communicating with all of us, regardless of who you are, your colour, your social structure."

"We need to make the message much clearer -- that aid means saving lives, it’s not a luxury."

"The developed world needs to feel that these huge levels of poverty (are) a threat to their own security. When their interests are at risk, money can be found."

"The role tradition has played in the relationship in the family between men and women has been detrimental to women."

"Andorra is a very small country with only seventy thousand inhabitants but we have more than one hundred nationalities. So it is very important to have the values, the necessary competences to build social cohesion. We thought that the competences for democratic citizenship were perfect for generating that social cohesion."

"The combination of rising inflation, energy crisis and COVID epidemic makes this (2021) the most difficult year for our citizens since our country came to existence."

"Andrej Babis must prove that he used taxed money for the transaction. If not, he has no right to be in politics and take care of taxpayers' money"

"“All was well till two days before this loot and arson when a young man came from the Punjab and made highly inflammatory speeches. He also held Conferences with the Muslim League leaders. He asked the people that if nothing else, they could at least set fire to houses of Hindus and loot their property. Soon after this speech by this young man from the Punjab young boys, supported by local Muslim League workers, began to set fire to shops.”"

"“The latest reports (19.4.47) describe the situation in Dera Ismail Khan Tehsil as still serious. In Tank town, 1,500 refugees have been removed to Police Stations and other places of safety in the town. “Some houses and shops in Tank are still burning and reports have come in of further trouble from the outlying villages of the district. “Cases of forcible conversion are reported from several villages, including Kalagor, Dhalla, Rodi Khel and Mandra. Twenty-four casualties are reported from these villages and a number of persons have been kidnapped..."

"Here at Blood River you stand on holy ground. Here was made the great decision about the future of South Africa, about Christian civilization in our land, and about the continued existence and responsible power of the White race … You stand here upon the boundary of two centuries. Behind you, you rest your eyes on the year 1838, … Before you, upon the yet untrodden path of South Africa, lies the year 2038 … Behind you lie the traces of the Voortrekker wagons … Your Blood River lies in the city … [The new trek] is not away from the centres of civilization … but a trek back – back from the country to the city. Today Black and White jostle together in the same labour market … Their [i.e. the Voortrekkers] freedom was, above all, the freedom to preserve themselves as a White race. As you could never otherwise have realized, you realize today their task to make South Africa a White man's land is ten times more your task."

"Camões tinha razão. Um fraco rei faz fraca a forte gente."

"Isso fez do português este tipo que nós somos. Nós não temos raça nenhuma. Não se pode falar na raça portuguesa. Se houvesse uma raça, nós éramos uma anti-raça. Feita com gente vinda de toda a parte ao longo de milhões de anos."

"Por trás de uma grande rainha está sempre um grande rei."

"Como sabem, as guerras fazem sempre enriquecer certas pessoas. Uma guerra tem duas utilidades: serve para uns morrerem e para outros ficarem ricos."

"Quem luta pela unidade para mim é grande. Quem se bate pela divisão para mim... (abana a cabeça reprovadoramente)"

"Quem mal-preza o seu passado, mal-prepara o seu futuro."

"I'm God's choice to lead the people of Finland."

"I'm in opposition against to both the government and the opposition."