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 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.

I respect religion and will respect any religion.

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.

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