Rwanda was considered a second-class operation because it was a small country, we had been able to maintain a kind of status quo. They were negotiating, they'd accepted the new peace project, so we were under the impression that everything would be solved easily.
The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics
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.
We must rid the world of the scourge of these agents of death and destruction
There is a greater fatigue concerning the African problem today than five or 10 years ago. The situation now in Africa is worse today than it was 10 years ago.