I respect religion and will respect any religion.

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.

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 we say democracy we have to mean what we say.

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

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

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.