"Is it not like cutting off a man's legs and telling him to walk? Is it not like cutting out a man's tongue and telling him to talk? Is it not burying a man alive?"

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

"I will tear off the epaulets of the officers who do not march; and I will shoot the soldiers who resist. I want work and order."

"The whites of the island are French, and they have the right to enjoy their liberty."

"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."