Israel and Rwanda both play an active part in international organizations, including the U.N., but I think it's true that our unique experiences as nations have shaped a fierce independence that we will not relinquish.

National security is vital for economic and social progress.

Let no one think that flexibility and a predisposition to compromise is a sign of weakness or a sell-out.

There are things I admire, for example, about South Korea or Singapore. I admire their history, their development and how intensively they have invested in their people and in technology.

Human rights groups are locked in a fierce competition for big checks from wealthy donors and they need to generate big headlines.

It is better for a country to have a strong leader, this applies to the United States as well as to Rwanda.

I do not want to be cynical, but if developing nations are kept backward by being told, again and again, you belong to the poor and you are there, where you actually belong, then nothing will change.