“In overthrowing me, you have done no more than cut down the trunk of the tree of the black liberty in Saint-Domingue; it will spring back from the roots, for they are numerous and deep.”

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.

Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

Failure is impossible.

It was patriotism, not communism, that inspired me.

Freedom is not given, it is taken.

Where the willingness is great, the difficulties cannot be great.

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.

The road to democracy may be winding and is like a river taking many curves, but eventually the river will reach the ocean.