Paul Kagame

Leader

1957-10-23

Quotes by Paul Kagame

• The U.N. must be a good steward of the funds entrusted to it. Abuse and waste are therefore not a mere public relations problem. Institutional reform is not a one-off event, like applying a fresh coat of paint.

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

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• I grew up in a refugee camp. Thirty years. This so-called human-rights world didn't ask me what was happening for me to be there 30 years.

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• The political, the economic, the social are tied together like the strands of a rope. The social and economic, if they are firm, tend to strengthen the other.

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• There is a need to take advantage of the change that has taken place in the Congo, however tragic that has been in its coming.

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• There are some who are scared by unity and by building a country on the basis of ideas.

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• We cannot turn the clock back nor can we undo the harm caused, but we have the power to determine the future and to ensure that what happened never happens again.

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• Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.

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• Our world faces difficult challenges, but no more so than in the past. Working together in a constructive spirit, we can assure our children the future they deserve.

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