It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken place in peace and security.

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

Aid makes itself superfluous if it is working well. Good aid takes care to provide functioning structures and good training that enables the recipient country to later get by without foreign aid. Otherwise, it is bad aid.

There are some who are scared by unity and by building a country on the basis of ideas.

A strong leader is not necessarily a bad leader.

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.

It is the first time in the history of Rwanda that political change in the highest leadership of the country has taken place in peace and security.