2007-05-02 03:19:55 · 3 answers · asked by Arvind 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Here are a few that stand out for me. There are many more at the website below.
Kofi Annan
UN Head of Department of Peacekeeping 1994
" The UN doesn't have any troops. We borrow them from governments. And I recall we approached about eighty governments trying to get troops and they wouldn't give them to us."
Gitera Rwamuhizhi
Hutu Farmer
“It was as if we were taken over by Satan. When Satan is using you, you lose your mind. We were not ourselves. We had been attacked by the devil."
General Roméo Dallaire
Head of the UN Belgian Peacekeeper unit in Rwanda
[1] "I was not talking with humans. I was literally talking with evil." – On his talks with genocide leaders
[2] "There's no cavalry coming over the hill." – After realizing he was not going to be assigned new troops.
Brent Beardsley
Military Assistant to General Dallaire
“ The world just didn't care."
Philippe Gaillard
Director of ICRC in Rwanda 1994
"Everybody knew, every day, live, what was happening. Who moved? Nobody."
Warren Christopher
US Secretary of State 1994
"As far as I know, everyone in Kigali who has wanted to leave has been able to leave and probably successful by now, safely out by now."
Monique Mujawamariya
Rwanda Human Rights Activist
"US has no friends, only interest, and the US has no interest in Rwanda. We have no incentive." - recounting what a US political official told her when she visited Washington to try to gain help.
2007-05-02 08:16:27 · answer #1 · answered by Gromm's Ghost 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This Site Might Help You.
RE:
what are some Famous quotes from Rwanda genocide?
2015-08-18 05:51:50 · answer #2 · answered by Stanfield 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rwandan Genocide Quotes
2016-11-08 03:48:09 · answer #3 · answered by musin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not know of any specific quotes from the Rwandan genocide, but this website will help you out:
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/rwanda.html
This one struck me as pretty good:
If the world has learned anything from the horrific tragedy of Rwanda and all previous genocides, we must not commit the same mistake again.
Tom Allen
2007-05-02 04:50:29 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. L 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For the best answers, search on this site https://shorturl.im/avjPz
Some say the world will end in fire Some say in ice From what I've tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire But if it had to perish twice I think I know enough of hate To know that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice -- Robert Frost
2016-04-10 00:05:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋