George Rutaganda Quotes in Hotel Rwanda (2004)

[first lines]

George Rutaganda: [voiceover] When people ask me, good listeners, why do I hate all the Tutsi, I say, "Read our history." The Tutsi were collaborators for the Belgian colonists, they stole our Hutu land, they whipped us. Now they have come back, these Tutsi rebels. They are cockroaches. They are murderers. Rwanda is our Hutu land. We are the majority. They are a minority of traitors and invaders. We will squash the infestation. We will wipe out the RPF rebels. This is RTLM, Hutu power radio. Stay alert. Watch your neighbours.

[about the Tutsi]

Paul Rusesabagina: You cannot seriously think that you can kill them all.

George Rutaganda: And why not? We are halfway there already.

George Rutaganda: Cut the tall trees. Cut the tall trees now!

George Rutaganda: [background radio broadcasts] I say taste those Tutsi whores before they die. Then they'll know what Hutu power is, my warriors. Remember, one cockroach can start an infestation. We need to exterminate these vermin.