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 have not reached the consensus that to eat is a basic human right. This is an ethical crisis. This is a crisis of faith.

The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.

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

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.

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.

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.