“Our history has taught us many lessons that we must build upon. Many of them involve pain and difficult times. But even with those hard moments, despite the many challenges our country and our people have faced, the most important part is that Rwanda did not disappear.
From the lessons that our history teaches us, and from what we have learned from what happens in different parts of the world, we see there are some people who want to act as if they created other people. But that is not true.
This means that we, as a people, decide for ourselves, we choose what is right for us, and we work to provide for ourselves. And even if the things that help sustain us may not be complete, and may be supported by help from elsewhere, they must add to what we already have; they do not replace what is ours. They do not strip you of the rights you inherently possess. You are who you are, a Rwandan from Rwanda. The help we receive should add to what we already have. You might express gratitude to whoever provided that support, but this does not give them the right to behave as though they created you. That must never happen.” President Kagame | Meeting with RDF, RNP, RCS Officers and other Ranks.