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Paul Rusesabagina Research Paper

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“Ordinary human beings are born with an extraordinary ability to fight evil with decency” (Rusesabagina 109). Paul Rusesabagina is the definition of this quote , he was an ordinary man, with an extraordinary tongue. Paul’s tongue was his most significant asset throughout his career, the genocide, and his life. Paul did not need a machete or a knife during the genocide, his tongue was his weapon. He used the power of his tongue to defend the refugees, the Hotel Mille Collines, his family, and himself from the evilness of the genocide. When the genocide first began, Paul was stopped at a roadblock on the way to the Hotel so he could unlock the doors, by the Captain holding a rifle. The Captain said to him “ And you, traitor, are lucky we aren’t

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