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I'm not British. I'm not Amer...

I'm not British. I'm not American. I'm not French. Whatever thing they practise, that is their business. I am an African. I am Rwandese.

Paul Kagame 49 quotes

You can be up there, talked a...

You can be up there, talked about, appreciated all over the world, with people singing a lot of songs about you. But if you don't measure up and you are not really connected with your people... it will explode in your face, no question about it.

Paul Kagame 49 quotes

We cannot turn the clock back...

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.

Paul Kagame 49 quotes

We cannot just be a corridor ...

We cannot just be a corridor to smuggle minerals out.

Paul Kagame 49 quotes

Some are short, others are ta...

Some are short, others are tall, others are thin, others are stocky. But we are all human beings. Can we not live together and happily within one border?

Paul Kagame 49 quotes

You kept quiet... When these ...

You kept quiet... When these victims wanted your help to survive, you kept quiet.

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Such problems are not solved ...

Such problems are not solved in one day but there is a great step toward peace and security in the region.

Paul Kagame 49 quotes

Human rights are not the pres...

Human rights are not the preserve of Western activists: The definition must extend to encompass the right to the dignified life; the right to send your kids to school, for that child to get health care, for access for greater prosperity for generations to come and to have a say in the destiny of your community and country. Under that definition, Rwanda has nothing to learn from advocacy groups who think they own the copyright on what constitutes human rights under all conditions in every corner of the world.

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The West has institutions tha...

The West has institutions that can punish the misconduct of individuals. What drove Rwanda and Africa into decline was the fact that certain people weren't held accountable. When we move to make corrupt mayors or officers answer to the courts, people always immediately say that we are repressive. But should we allow these people to continue to get away with it?

Paul Kagame 49 quotes

Politics is not only about pe...

Politics is not only about personal choice. That one also needs to take into consideration what the people want because in the end, they are the ones who decide.

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The history and national inte...

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

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Reconciliation takes time. So...

Reconciliation takes time. Sometimes many decades, as the example of Europe shows. It is hard work.

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Technology has brought many p...

Technology has brought many possibilities in education and health that are key to women.

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We've used aid to build capac...

We've used aid to build capacities so we won't need aid in future.

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I am not responsible for crea...

I am not responsible for creating an opposition, neither am I responsible for appointing my own successor. My job is to allow for the opposition to exist within what the realms of the law. There is space in Rwanda for political parties - if fact we have about a dozen of them - as long as their objective is not to take us back twenty two years. On that point, we are and will always be very vigilant.

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National security is vital fo...

National security is vital for economic and social progress.

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Rwanda is rebuilding itself o...

Rwanda is rebuilding itself once again as one nation and that is the reason why we are making progress. Now many Rwandans are making their ends meet and others are able to do better than they have before.

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Aid makes itself superfluous ...

Aid makes itself superfluous if it is working well. Good aid takes care to provide functioning structures and good training that enables the recipient country to later get by without foreign aid. Otherwise, it is bad aid.

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I do not want to be cynical, ...

I do not want to be cynical, but if developing nations are kept backward by being told, again and again, you belong to the poor and you are there, where you actually belong, then nothing will change.

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Rwanda is not over needing ai...

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

Paul Kagame 49 quotes

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