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Toussaint Louverture Quotes

Haitian general (b. 1743), Death: 7-4-1804
1.
I was born a slave, but nature gave me a soul of a free man.
Toussaint Louverture

I entered the world in chains, yet the spirit within me was endowed with unbounded liberty.
2.
It is easy to cut down the tree of liberty, but not so easy to restore it to life.
Toussaint Louverture

It is effortless to fell the tree of freedom, but far more problematic to resurrect it.
3.
Whatever defamation of character my enemies are spreading about me, I do not feel the need to justify myself toward them. While discretion obliges me to remain silent, my duty compels me to prevent them from doing any more harm.
Toussaint Louverture

4.
Unite; for combination is stronger than witchcraft.
Toussaint Louverture

Conjoin; for cohesion is more potent than enchantment.