Toussaint Louverture Quotes

I was born a slave, but nature gave me a soul of a free man.

It is easy to cut down the tree of liberty, but not so easy to restore it to life.

Unite; for combination is stronger than witchcraft.

I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in Saint-Domingue. I work to bring them into existence. Unite yourselves to us, brothers, and fight with us for the same cause.

We are free today because we are the stronger we will be slaves again when the government becomes the stronger.

I took up arms for the freedom of my color. It is our own - we will defend it or perish.