“Kofi Annan was the U.N. Under-Secretary General for peacekeeping opera...” — Romeo Dallaire Quote

“Kofi Annan was the U.N. Under-Secretary General for peacekeeping operations. He had the responsibilities in regards to the mounting and operation of peacekeeping missions around the world.”

“Now, in this U.N. stuff, the commander, although he has troops, they don't really belong to him. They're loaned by the country to the U.N. to be used, but each of these countries provide a contingent commander, a senior guy who communicates directly back to his capital.”

“I felt it absolutely essential that we plant the U.N. flag in Rwanda and plant it in a place of significance to show all the political entities, all the signees of the agreement and the Rwandans... that the international community were here and we're here to stay and we're going to be doing our job.”

“The first breath of air of Africa - it felt like you were in another continent - you were, you were - and it was different.”

“There was no way to laugh anymore, to love, to care, and there was a sense of guilt in having survived when others had been killed. I turned into a worse workaholic than I had already been by trying to work myself into the ground.”

“Reading the Book of Mormon is one of the greatest persuaders to get men on missions.”

“I think we have two very important missions in life. One is to find out who we really are and the other one is to taste as much of life and experience as much of life as we can.”

“NASA is an organization without a vision, and because they don't have any vision, they don't have missions that make much sense.”

“There's a lot of interest there in the missions that I fly on and the ones my brother's involved with.”

“I don't hate people. I just accept missions.”

“One of my missions was to teach.”