The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.

We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.

If one suffers we all suffer. Togetherness is strength. Courage.

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.

Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always. Always.

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.

We shall prepare the coffee of reconciliation through the filter of justice. Through reconciliation, streams of tears will come to our eyes.

Of course, learning is strengthened and solidified when it occurs in a safe, secure and normal environment.

I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian.

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).

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.

The beauty of science hugely outranks the charms of superstition.

I was burned so many times that I stopped giving interviews. In other words, if my words ended up in print, they were twisted in an indescribable fashion.

Don't 'write what you know.' Make up something new!

The realization of the self is only possible if one is productive, if one can give birth to one's own potentialities.

They turned a distracted gaze on the world, wide-eyed, somehow, and questioning.

Economists are always recommending the elimination of this or that market imperfection ... no astrophysicist recommends the elimination of planets that he does not like.

I question the negative connotations of fabric, of ribbon, of lace. I turn these symbols of our imprisonment around.

The antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures.

Everything that exceeds the bounds of moderation has an unstable foundation.