"I have saved my country. I have avenged America."

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

"While Louverture can at times be a controversial figure, due to the fact that he enslaved others following his own freedom from bondage, he is nonetheless an important figure in Caribbean and Atlantic…"

"Do you think that men who have been able to enjoy the blessing of liberty will calmly see it snatched away from them? They have fought to obtain it; they will fight to retain it."

"I have taken vengeance for my race."