François Duvalier Quotes

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I accept the people's will. As a revolutionary, I have no right to disregard the will of the people.

François Duvalier

Bullets and machine guns capable of daunting Duvalier do not exist. They cannot touch me... I am already an immaterial being. No foreigner is going to tell me what to do! If the OAS claims the right to intervene because of repressive conditions, why don't they land troops in Alabama?

François Duvalier

God and the people are the source of all power. I have twice been given the power. I have taken it, and damn it, I will keep it forever.

François Duvalier

Communism has established centres of infection... No area in the world is as vital to American security as the Caribbean... We need a massive injection of money to reset the country on its feet, and this injection can come only from our great, capable friend and neighbor the United States.

François Duvalier

François Duvalier

François Duvalier

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Born: April 14, 1907

Died: April 21, 1971 (aged 64)

Bio: François Duvalier, also known as Papa Doc, was the President of Haiti from 1957 to 1971. He was elected president in 1957 on a populist and black nationalist platform and successfully thwarted a coup d'état in 1958.

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