31 Quotes by Roméo Dallaire

I know there is a God because in Rwanda I shook hands with the devil. I have seen him, I have smelled him and I have touched him. I know the devil exists and therefore I know there is a God.

Where you are born should not dictate your potential as a human being.

The reason why we believe that change is possible is not because we are idealists but because we believe we have made it, so other people can make it as well.

I think that one of the benefits of optimism and idealism is that they lead you into things you would never have tried if you'd let yourself imagine how hard it was going to turn out to be.

If we don't harness their potential for good, their societies will continue to reap their capacity for evil.

Money follows interest, and interest is largely driven by media attention, which is more easily captured by the drama of conflict than by peace.

Are all humans human? Or are some more human than others?

I was on the ground, I was in command, I had been given the mission, and I took the decision.

They (the AU) need a stronger mandate with enough resources to implement it, ... Their Achilles' heel is in the area of logistical and communications requirements.