Translate the following English sentence to French:
"I should like to pay tribute to his courage, but also to his clear-sightedness, because, even in his initial statements, he drew a clear distinction between his kidnappers and the Chechen people as a whole."
Je voudrais rendre hommage à son courage, mais aussi à sa lucidité, puisque, dès ses premières paroles, il a bien montré qu'il faisait la différence entre ses ravisseurs et le peuple tchétchène.