“The foundation of everything is unity. … we chose to think beyond the horizon of tragedy, and become a people with a future.”

Paul Kagame Rwanda

“Our people will never — and I mean never — be left for dead again.”

Paul Kagame Rwanda

“The Rwandan story shows how much power human beings have within them. Whatever power you do have, you might as well use it to tell the truth and do what is right.”

Paul Kagame Rwanda

“No community is beyond repair, and the dignity of a people is never fully extinguished.”

Paul Kagame Rwanda

“Our job is to make sure that every generation in Africa, enjoys a better life than the previous one.”

Paul Kagame Rwanda

“If yesterday I fought as an enemy, today you have become a friend and ally with the same national interest, loyalty, rights and duties as myself.”

Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe

“Africa should have one identity, one nationality, one people, one currency, one army.”

Muammar Gaddafi Libya

“The branch will not break in the arms of the chameleon.”

Mathieu Kérékou Benin