Our time here on the earth is short, and our chance to make a difference is tiny. For me the grinding blocks of history came together in such a way that I was able to take what fragile defense I had and hold in place for seventy-six days. If I was able to give much it was only because I had some useful things from my life to give. I am a hotel manager...my job never changed, even in a sea of fire.
Paul RusesabaginaWe are all born with a powerful herd instinct and it can force otherwise rational people to act in inexplicable ways.
Paul RusesabaginaEverybody was willing to give me a job. But I wanted to do something different. I saw myself as an independent person, self-employed.
Paul RusesabaginaA sad truth of human nature is that it is hard to care for people when they are abstractions, hard to care when it is not you or somebody close to you. Unless the world community can stop finding ways to dither in the face of this monstrous threat to humanity those words Never Again will persist in being one of the most abused phrases in the English language and one of the greatest lies of our time.
Paul Rusesabagina