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Quotes from Shake Hands with the Devil — Roméo Dallaire

born 1946 Canada

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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.

Shake Hands with the Devil (2003)

For most countries, serving the UN's objectives has never seemed worth even the smallest of risks. Member nations do not want a large, reputable, strong and independent United Nations, no matter their hypocritical pronouncements otherwise. What they want is a weak, beholden, indebted scapegoat of an organization, which they can blame for their failures or steal victories from.

Shake Hands with the Devil (2003)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Roméo Dallaire (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.