I respect religion and will respect any religion.

- Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always. Always.

- Jean-Bertrand Aristide

The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain libe…

- Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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.

- Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Of course, learning is strengthened and solidified when it occurs in a safe, secure and normal environment.

- Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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

- Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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.

- Jean-Bertrand Aristide

The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid, you don't see those behind the walls. That is the reality…

- Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Love is the air that I breathe, like oxygen. When I lack it, I feel atrophied, asphyxiated. When I have it, I feel I am growing. And so this growth i…

- Jean-Bertrand Aristide