Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Jean-Claude Duvalier

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Jean-Claude Duvalier, nicknamed "Baby Doc", was a Haitian politician who was the President of Haiti from 1971 until he was overthrown by a popular uprising in February 1986. He succeeded his father François "Papa Doc" Duvalier as the ruler of Haiti after his death in 1971. After assuming power, he introduced cosmetic changes to his father's regime and delegated much authority to his advisors. Thousands of Haitians were killed or tortured, and hundreds of thousands fled the country during his presidency. He maintained a notoriously lavish lifestyle while poverty among his people remained the most widespread of any country in the Western Hemisphere.

Haitian - Statesman | July 3, 1951 - October 4, 2014

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In 25 years of exile, I've never had a frozen account, either in Switzerland or elsewhere in the world.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

I never had the financial means that the media said I had. I laugh when I hear the amounts, $400 million, $800 million. Where do they get this imagination?

Jean-Claude Duvalier

When people talk to me about tyranny, it makes me laugh and gives me the impression that people suffer from amnesia.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of my government.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

All I know is politics. Really, politics takes up most of my time; it's nonstop.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

The president is here, strong and firm as a monkey's tail.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

I am currently in Haiti to help the Haitian people in their reconstruction.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

There has not been one day since I left that I have not thought about Haiti.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

People of Haiti, I am the heir to the political philosophy, the doctrine and the revolution which my late father incarnated as president-for-life [and] I have decided to continue his work with the same fierce energy and the same intransigence.

Jean-Claude Duvalier

Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Jean-Claude Duvalier

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