"Brothers and friends, I am Toussaint Louverture; perhaps my name has made itself known to you. I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in St. Domingue. I am working to make t…"

"In overthrowing me, you have cut down in Saint Domingue only the trunk of the tree of liberty. It will spring up again by the roots for they are numerous and deep."

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

"Do they think that men who have been able to enjoy the blessing of liberty will calmly see it snatched away?"

"My General, you are mistaken in thinking that you can secure the liberty of the blacks by giving them a master. It is for them to choose one."