The last five-six presidents of Haiti have failed miserably. And I don't think it would be an honor for me to say I want to be the next 'president.' I want to be the man by with whom change arrives.

I don't want to force the peacekeeping nations to feel like I'm pushing them out.

Donors need to know what their money is being used for.

The people behind me are the people behind Aristide. They are just looking for better days.

It's time for Haitians to have access to health care. It's time to open our borders to the Haitian diaspora, open our markets to the world. It's time to open our country to potential investors.

I came into the music world in 1988 with a song called Ooh La La, that was like a breath of fresh air in Haitian music.

The Haiti that has been waiting for help and not moving no longer exists. Enough handouts; we need hands up. Enough aid; we need trade.

I believe my past is my strength.

I want to continue to do a good job for my constituents, my party doesn't want me to resign.

When you put more than a million kids in school, you take a plane today and go to Haiti, you cannot see the results. You will see the results in 30 years when you see a different type of Haitian.

Any MP has to have a proper family life, they have to have support of their partner.

If you have a dream, don’t just sit there. Gather courage to believe that you can succeed and leave no stone unturned to make it a reality.

...the safest way of ensuring that secret information did not leak was not to tell anybody about it.

It's okay to be happy.

It seemed to me that every adult did something terrible sooner or later. And every child, I thought, sooner or later becomes an adult.

The only time some people work like a horse is when the boss rides them.

When you play a game of thrones you win or you die.

Of course I made many boo-boos. At first this broke my heart, but then I came to understand that learning how to fix one's mistakes, or live with them, was an important part of becoming a cook.

My errors have been errors of calculation and judging men, not in appreciating the true nature of truth and ahimsa or in their application.

There is no dispute managed without passion, and yet there is scarce a dispute worth a passion.

Love is as strict as acting. If you want to love somebody, stand there and do it. If you don't, don't. There are no other choices.