A few poignant thoughts from They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children by Romeo Dallaire:
"Where you are born should not dictate your potential as a human being." (p. 170)
" - a global appreciation that all humans are equal, that all humans are human, and that no one human is more important than any other." (p. 241)
"I reread a passage written by Elie Wiesel, published in an anthology called What Does It Mean to Be Human? 'To the homeless, the poor, the beggar, the victim of AIDS and Alzheimer's, the old and the humble, the prisoners in their prison and the wanderers in their dreams, it is our sacred duty to stretch out our hand and say, "In spite of what separates us, what we have in common is our humanity."'" (p. 246)
"Can you grasp that there are practically no limits - except those we wish to impose upon ourselves, individually and collectively - that can prevent us from influencing the whole of humanity, from initiating and sustaining reforms from anywhere we live and work?" (p. 259)
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