People From Rwanda

"Do not kill those cockroaches with a bullet - cut them to pieces with a machete."

"[It’s about] what I have become and what I intend to do for our world to compensate for all the atrocities my people have shown you."

"I wrote the book to find a way to make my life not be about genocide ."

"Most women go to court after their husbands stop caring for them and the family, take other women or consistently abuse them in different ways."

"Most of their claims (for divorce) were related to violence against women."

"The repo market is active and working well with local banks and depending on the liquidity on the market the Central Bank does repo or reverse repo on a weekly basis."

"I trust God a lot. God is my savior. We've been there praying"

"This willingness to stand up and fight for what we believe in must be the hallmark of the student progressive community"

"Taking action tells the world every human life is worth something."

"We believe that we must refuse to let the words “never again” continue to be void of meaning because, as President Clinton stated in his 1998 address to Rwanda, “We must and we owe it to those who have died, and to those who survived who loved them, our every effort to increase our vigilance and strengthen our stand against those who commit such atrocities.”"

"when Jesus Christ was still hanging on the tree nails were still into his palms and feet, and he was naked, and he was being mocked by Pharisees underneath the cross, he did not wait for the pain to subside. He cried to the Father, “Forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing.” The fact that Jesus called within the pain is a guide and a teaching for us to forgive."

"I forgive them because forgiving is not only benefiting the criminal, it benefits me."

"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."

"A king is like a father to the nation... All the tribes are like his children."

"My people did not choose to end the monarchy in Rwanda, that was imposed on them by the (Belgians)."

"The genocide is a result of a loss of respect and culture. The young people do not respect or listen to their elders - If I am allowed to return, I will encourage intermarriage among the groups so that we can become one people again."

"I’m for everyone. I want every one to be a child of God. I want both sides to have peace."

"To really die for your country you become a hero. He was most impressed by the King dream for peace and human rights and that is my dream for Rwanda."