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.

The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States' independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti.

I am still the only elected president of the country.

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

I respect religion and will respect any religion.

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.