Mathilde Mukantabana Quotes

When you are a refugee, you rely much on what people give you. Some people fall through the cracks. When you are a refugee and a girl anything can happen.

The potential failure to learn from history carries risks.

We must remember not to dwell on the past, but to strive for a better future.

We’re a small country, but we have our own dignity.

The notion of forgiveness is at the core of our being and has become our duty.

It is the state’s responsibility to protect the freedom and human rights of all people within its borders.

I can pretty significantly say that I learned more from them (students) than they learned from me. They pushed me to become who I became.

Sometimes we look at Rwanda with genocide, Most of the time we don’t look at the incredible culture, the people.

Part of our job is teaching. We travel all over the country to major institutions and help organize conferences to teach people about Rwanda.

For me this land is not about what it produced, but about the people, where I was born and raised.

But you can't just come with promises of better things when you are not really offering anything.

I urge and encourage our young people present today to embrace your heritage, draw inspiration from those who came before you, and use your talents to build a better Rwanda, a better Africa, and a better world for all of us.

We do not have to wait for someone to organize us when we are already organized, we should take charge and lead the way and also partner with others as we cross boundaries of race, color and have human solidarity that will help us to promote our cause.

You can’t embrace if you believe somebody is more superior than you are.

You can’t really solve problems without linking with regional entities because the problems of one country become the problem of another country.