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Thirty-two coups d'etat are enough.
Peace in the head, peace in the stomach.
I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.
When we say democracy we have to mean what we say.
If I'm his 'twin,' we do not have the same mother.
It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer.
I am still the only elected president of the country.
We have problems which will be addressed by Haitians.
Chopped down the tree of peace, but it will grow again.
We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
I know the Haitian people because I am the Haitian people.
The president is here, strong and firm as a monkey's tail.
I know the Haitian people - because I am the Haitian people.
If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.
Haitians don't like to say they are hungry because we are proud.
Revolutions are not made with literature. Revolutions equal gunfire.
As revolutionary, I have no right to disregard the voice of the people.
I am the Haitian flag. He who is my enemy is the enemy of the fatherland.
I am currently in Haiti to help the Haitian people in their reconstruction.
There has not been one day since I left that I have not thought about Haiti.
All I know is politics. Really, politics takes up most of my time; it's nonstop.
The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.
The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.
We are all equal, rich and poor and we need a society where the people enjoy their rights.
We are all equal, rich and poor, and we need a society where the people enjoy their rights.
I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian.
I accept the people's will. As a revolutionary, I have no right to disregard the will of the people.
I am confident that I can serve my country without being involved as the president of the country now.
In 25 years of exile, I've never had a frozen account, either in Switzerland or elsewhere in the world.
The chief of the tribe is supposed to be the father of all people of the tribe. That is the Haitian way.
Of course, learning is strengthened and solidified when it occurs in a safe, secure and normal environment.
Pa gen lape nan tet, si pa gen lape nan vant (there is no peace in the head if there is no peace in the stomach).
Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always. Always.
When people talk to me about tyranny, it makes me laugh and gives me the impression that people suffer from amnesia.
The people of Haiti have always called me Papa Doc. I was first their doctor. Now I am also their president for life.
We have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith.
When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to not arm people to repress.
God and the people are the source of all power. I have twice been given the power. I have taken it, and damn it, I will keep it forever.
We shall prepare the coffee of reconciliation through the filter of justice. Through reconciliation, streams of tears will come to our eyes.
I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of my government.
I never had the financial means that the media said I had. I laugh when I hear the amounts, $400 million, $800 million. Where do they get this imagination?
The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid, you don't see those behind the walls. That is the reality of Haiti.
I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti want to see the vote of the people respected.
Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to look at Haiti from a psychological perspective.
In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed the documents to the next government, and I never heard about it again.
As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti, to share in their suffering, help rebuild the country, moving from misery to poverty with dignity.
As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death.
People of Haiti, I am the heir to the political philosophy, the doctrine and the revolution which my late father incarnated as president-for-life [and] I have decided to continue his work with the same fierce energy and the same intransigence.
In order for peace to reign, one must speak the truth, and that is why I have spoken of a political abduction, ... ... Far from my own country, but in deep communion with all Haitians, including Haitians abroad, I continue to launch an appeal for peaceful resistance.
Communism has established centres of infection... No area in the world is as vital to American security as the Caribbean...We need a massive injection of money to reset the country on its feet, and this injection can come only from our great, capable friend and neighbor the United States.