Top 130 Rwanda Quotes & Sayings

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.

It is better for a country to have a strong leader, this applies to the United States as well as to Rwanda.

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

I filmed my first narrative feature in 2006, a story set in Rwanda called 'Munyurangabo.'

I believe that we can heal Rwanda - and our world - by healing one heart at a time.

Given the scale of trauma caused by the genocide, Rwanda has indicated that however thin the hope of a community can be, a hero always emerges. Although no one can dare claim that it is now a perfect state, and that no more work is needed, Rwanda has risen from the ashes as a model or truth and reconciliation.

My father was an agricultural economist. In 1989 he was posted to Mbarara, a small town on the Uganda-Rwanda border.

I was born in Nyarugenge, a district in Kigali, Rwanda.

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

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

I think the only value of 'Hotel Rwanda' is the fact that it keeps the Rwandan genocide alive, but as far as content, it's Hollywood.

Rwanda is a democracy not a monarchy.

Everywhere I go, I see young people: Confident, forward looking. I have seen them in Lagos, in Rwanda, in the suburbs of London.

When I was growing up, my dad was away a lot. He did a lot of work in crisis zones, places like Uganda or Rwanda.

The judicial system of Rwanda is not subordinate to France or France's interests.

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

Poverty is too complex to be answered with a one-size-fits-all approach, and if there is any place that illustrates that complexity, as well as a better way forward, it is Rwanda.

Rwanda is not over needing aid, but we can survive with less aid than before.

Those are my dreams. Buy mum a house, build a school in Rwanda. Then carry on making enough money to buy soaps from Lush.

I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda.

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

The number one killer of children in Rwanda is malaria. Since the United States of America stood up and working with Rwandans, we have been able to cut those deaths by two-thirds.

The United States is the lone superpower of the world. We have a stake in Rwanda's success because we have a stake in the world's stability.And we have got to understand the need for a paradigm shift. This is not about "might makes right." This is about a democratic movement that pulls out the voices of all of the people so that they come up with a fair and healthy and stable and sustainable society. And if we can learn those lessons in a place like Rwanda, then we can apply them around the world.

I think to a certain extent in Bosnia and among the Hutus in Rwanda and also among the Tutsis in Rwanda who then took revenge on the Hutus, there is a sense of being swept up and a sense that the society in which they live has gone mad.

When people accuse us of taking coltan from Congo, I don't understand what they mean. The quality of our own coltan here from Rwanda is much better. But still people from the UN come here, we show them our coltan mines, we show them the documents, then they go and say: Rwanda smuggles coltan.

Rwanda can be a paradise again, but it will take the love of the entire world to heal my homeland. And that's as it should be, for what happened in Rwanda happened to us all - humanity was wounded by the genocide.

The international community cannot stand by and watch the massacre of Libyan protesters. In Rwanda we watched. In Kosovo we acted.

To some extent, Rwanda became a victim of the Somalia experience.

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

Israel and Rwanda both play an active part in international organizations, including the U.N., but I think it's true that our unique experiences as nations have shaped a fierce independence that we will not relinquish.

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

Gorilla tourism is vital to Rwanda's economy: It's the third highest source of income.

I am still suffering from my experience in Rwanda, I never know when I'm going to drive my car off a bridge, or just decide to take my life.

When a genocidal killing occurs, as happened in Rwanda, it is not just an internal domestic matter.

The situation in Congo shows nothing for which you could hold Rwanda responsible.

We got involved in the Rwanda peace process for the simple reason that there was a decision which was taken by the Security Council, because the troops were in Uganda, and we decided to have a military presence.

Rwanda is a landlocked country, but it hasn't stopped developing. They built a high-end tourism industry around the mountain gorillas.

Strong economic growth, and especially a significant increase in private sector investment, is the only sustainable path forward for Rwanda.

I think that's the main threat in Bosnia and Rwanda and Zaire. There doesn't seem to be much willingness to engage these problems unless they directly affect national security interests.

It is the worst atrocity underway [in Rwanda]. But it's barely in the media, and people just don't know about it. And that's quite generally true.

The civil war in Rwanda and other ethnic massacres were an integral part of US foreign policy, carefully staged in accordance with precise strategic and economic objectives.

The night I flew out from Rwanda, I landed in Nairobi, and I was on my way back home, and my left side started to paralyze and remained paralyzed with pain, and the stress and so on began to appear physically.

The government of Rwanda, which is a US client, is intervening massively, and Uganda to an extent. It's almost an international war in Africa. Well, how many people know about this?

Reconciliation has taken place here in Rwanda and was successful because Rwandans reconciled themselves internally. If the tribunal had taken place in Rwanda, it might have helped. People could have watched justice being done.

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.

Rwanda is a very open and free country. Key to our recovery as a nation has a range of grassroots, citizen-centered polices we call "homegrown solutions." The idea that Rwanda is highly controlled from the center belies the reality, which is that citizens in every village have a powerful say in how things get done. We prize accountability and Rwandans are quickly adapting themselves to the possibilities of a digital economy.

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

Paris Hilton is going on a goodwill mission to Rwanda. It’s the first time an entire Third World country will have to get immunizations for a visitor.

Growing up in Kigali, the capital city of Rwanda, I had a wonderful life, one that I have not experienced anywhere since, even after living in nine countries.

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

I certainly think that another Holocaust can happen again. It did already occur; think of Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia.

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

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

For President Clinton, according to this discussion I had with him, Rwanda was a marginal problem.

Rwanda has its own problems and never sought to blame others or cause others trouble. I advise Burundi to do the same.

So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa.

I already visited Rwanda when I was five, but I don't really remember my roots.

I fell in love with Rwanda the moment I saw those verdant, rolling hills rise up beneath the wings of the plane as we descended toward Kigali airport.

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

Without mutual tolerance emerging as the foundation, terrible situations like those of Tibet and Sri Lanka, Bosnia and Rwanda, can never be effectively improved.