Toussaint Louverture Quotes

Toussaint Louverture
Toussaint Louverture
Haitian Leader
Born: May 20, 1743
Died: Apr 7, 1803
Government Liberty Me Myself Will You
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It is not a liberty of circumstance, conceded to us alone, that we wish; it is the adoption absolute of the principle that no man, born red, black or white, can be the property of his fellow man. Toussaint Louverture
Alone Property Man Liberty Black Wish White Circumstance Black Or White Born Adoption Absolute Red Conceded Fellow Principle Fellow Man His Us
They have in me struck down but the trunk of the tree; the roots are many and deep - they will shoot up again! Toussaint Louverture
Me Will Down Tree Struck Trunk Up Shoot Again Roots Deep Many
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. Toussaint Louverture
Work Fight Equality Liberty Cause Brothers Vengeance Undertaken Existence Same Want Them Us Reign Unite Bring
Citizens, not less generous than myself, let your most precious moments be employed in causing the past to be forgotten; let all my fellow-citizens swear never to recall the past; let them receive their misled brethren with open arms, and let them, in future, be on their guard against the traps of bad men. Toussaint Louverture
Future Myself Men Past Guard Bad Citizens Bad Men Never Open Open Arms Misled Generous Employed Most Arms Causing Than Precious Forgotten Against Them Swear Brethren Your Less Moments Traps Recall Receive
I am faithfully devoted to the Republic but will not serve it at the expense of my conscience and my honor. Toussaint Louverture
Honor Will Devoted Faithfully Am Expense Republic Serve Conscience
I know how to move the people, but I know also where to stop in my own actions so that, when I strike, I shall be felt and not seen. Toussaint Louverture
People Seen Own Strike My Own Shall Know Also Felt How Move Stop Where Actions
The revolution of Saint Domingo was taking its course. I saw that the whites could not endure, because they were divided and because they were overpowered by numbers; I congratulated myself that I was a black man. Toussaint Louverture
Myself Man Black Revolution Saw Divided Could Taking Course Because Saint Were Endure Whites Numbers
God, who knows our most secret thoughts and who sees all, is witness to the purity of my principles. They are not founded on this barbarous ferocity that takes pleasure in shedding human blood. Toussaint Louverture
God Thoughts Witness Secret Our Pleasure Sees Purity Takes Most Shedding Principles Knows Ferocity Blood Human Who Founded
Avoid sloth, the mother of all vices! Toussaint Louverture
Mother Sloth Vices Avoid
We went to labor in the fields, my wife and I, hand in hand. Scarcely were we conscious of the fatigues of the day. Heaven always blessed our toil. Toussaint Louverture
Day Wife Blessed Our Scarcely Always Were Hand Hand-In-Hand Labor Heaven Fields Toil Conscious
The heads of regiments are required to see that the troops join in prayer morning and evening as far as the service will permit. Toussaint Louverture
Service Morning Prayer Will See Troops Join Heads Permit As Far As Far Required Evening
General Biassou is a simple, vulnerable man without much knowledge, and he is easily led astray by the scoundrels surrounding him. He has sworn eternal hatred for me, and for some time now, he has been trying to destroy me using whatever means he can. Toussaint Louverture
Time Me Knowledge Man Simple Hatred Whatever Astray Destroy Easily Has-Been Some General He Him Vulnerable Without Been Led Surrounding Scoundrels Trying Eternal Much Means Using Now Sworn
Mastered by deadly passions, Rigaud has dug a gulf at your feet; he has laid snares which you could not avoid. He wished to have you as partisans in his revolt; and to succeed in his object, he has employed falsehood and seduction. Toussaint Louverture
You Gulf Seduction Object Could He Wished Feet Employed Mastered Deadly Dug Passions His Falsehood Snare Revolt Laid Which Succeed Your Avoid
At the beginning of the troubles of Saint Domingo, I felt that I was destined to great things. When I received this divine intimation, I was four and fifty years of age; I could neither read nor write. Toussaint Louverture
Great Age Great Things Beginning Destined Neither Could Write Divine Troubles Read Felt Saint Nor Years Fifty Things Four Received
I accept everything which is favorable for the people and the army; for myself, I wish to live in retirement. Toussaint Louverture
Myself Army People Wish Live Everything Favorable Retirement For The People Accept Which
The whites have resolved to destroy our liberty and have therefore brought a force commensurate to their intentions. The Cape, after a proper resistance, has fallen into their hands, but the enemy found only a town and plain in ashes; the forts were blown up, and all was burnt. Toussaint Louverture
Enemy Liberty Resolved Our Destroy Brought Proper Only Town Force Fallen Were Up Hands Blown Intentions After Burnt Ashes Plain Cape Whites Therefore Found Resistance

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