When we say democracy we have to mean what we say.

Haitians don't like to say they are hungry because we are proud.

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

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

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.

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.