Toussaint Louverture Quotes

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Toussaint Louverture

Profession : Leader

Birth : May 20, 1743

The heads of regiments are required to see that the troops join in prayer morning and evening as far as the service will permit.

Toussaint Louverture

I am kind; I am humane. I open to you my fatherly arms. Come, all of you; I will receive you all - no less those of the South than those of the West, and of the North, who, gained over by Rigaud, have deserted your firesides, your wives, your children, to place yourselves at his side.

Toussaint Louverture

Mastered by deadly passions, Rigaud has dug a gulf at your feet; he has laid snares which you could not avoid. He wished to have you as partisans in his revolt; and to succeed in his object, he has employed falsehood and seduction.

Toussaint Louverture

At the beginning of the troubles of Saint Domingo, I felt that I was destined to great things. When I received this divine intimation, I was four and fifty years of age; I could neither read nor write.

Toussaint Louverture

I accept everything which is favorable for the people and the army; for myself, I wish to live in retirement.

Toussaint Louverture

The Spanish offered me their protection, and liberty to those who would fight for the cause of the kings. I accepted their offers, seeing myself entirely abandoned by my brethren, the French.

Toussaint Louverture