We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.

It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights are and how they can be defended.

It would be some time before I fully realized that the United States sees little need for diplomacy; power is enough. Only the weak rely on diplomacy. The Roman Empire had no need for diplomacy. Nor does the United States.

So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa.

Democracy is an objective. Democratization is a process. Democratization serves the cause of peace because it offers the possibility of justice and of progressive change without force.

The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics