Francois Duvalier quotes

Francois Duvalier quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Revolutions are not made with literature. Revolutions equal gunfire.”
-- Francois Duvalier

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“I know the Haitian people because I am the Haitian people.”
-- Francois Duvalier

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“Communism has established centres of infection... No area in the world is as vital to American security as the Caribbean...We need a massive injection of money to reset the country on its feet, and this injection can come only from our great, capable friend and neighbor the United States.”
-- Francois Duvalier

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“I accept the people's will. As a revolutionary, I have no right to disregard the will of the people.”
-- Francois Duvalier

Source : "Haiti: An insider's history of the rise and fall of the Duvaliers". Book by Elizabeth Abbott (p. 103), 1988.

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“God and the people are the source of all power. I have twice been given the power. I have taken it, and damn it, I will keep it forever.”
-- Francois Duvalier

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