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Toussaint Louverture quotes: We are free today because we are the stronger; we will be slaves again when the government becomes the stronger.

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

Toussaint Louverture quotes: Unite; for combination is stronger than witchcraft.

Unite; for combination is stronger than witchcraft.

Toussaint Louverture quotes: I accept everything which is favorable for the people and the army; for myself, I wish to live in retirement.

I accept everything which is favorable for the people and the army; for myself, I wish to live in retirement.

Toussaint Louverture quotes: Avoid sloth, the mother of all vices!

Avoid sloth, the mother of all vices!

Toussaint Louverture quotes: 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.

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 quotes: This gun is liberty; hold for certain that the day when you no more have it, you will be returned to slavery.

This gun is liberty; hold for certain that the day when you no more have it, you will be returned to slavery.

Toussaint Louverture quotes: I am faithfully devoted to the Republic but will not serve it at the expense of my conscience and my honor.

I am faithfully devoted to the Republic but will not serve it at the expense of my conscience and my honor.

Toussaint Louverture quotes: They have in me struck down but the trunk of the tree; the roots are many and deep - they will shoot up again!

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 quotes: The heads of regiments are required to see that the troops join in prayer morning and evening as far as the service will permit.

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

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

Toussaint Louverture quotes: 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.

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 quotes: I have need of Rigaud. He is violent. I want him for carrying on war; and that war is necessary to me.

I have need of Rigaud. He is violent. I want him for carrying on war; and that war is necessary to me.

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

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

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

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