Jean-Claude Duvalier Quotes

Jean-Claude Duvalier — Haitian Statesman born on July 03, 1951, died on October 04, 2014

Jean-Claude Duvalier (French pronunciation: ), nicknamed "Bébé Doc" or "Baby Doc" , was the President of Haiti from 1971 until his overthrow by a popular uprising in 1986. He succeeded his father François "Papa Doc" Duvalier as the ruler of Haiti after the latter's death in 1971. After assuming power, he introduced cosmetic changes to his father's regime and delegated much authority to his advisors, though thousands of Haitians were killed or tortured, and hundreds of thousands fled the country. He maintained a notoriously lavish lifestyle , and made millions from involvement in the drug trade and from selling body parts from dead Haitians while poverty among his people remained the most widespread of any country in the Western Hemisphere... (wikipedia)

I am currently in Haiti to help the Haitian people in their reconstruction.

The president is here, strong and firm as a monkey's tail.

I never had the financial means that the media said I had. I laugh when I hear the amounts, $400 million, $800 million. Where do they get this imagination?

I want to take this opportunity to express, one more time, my deep sadness to those countrymen who feel, rightly, that they were victims of my government.

I'm the one who initiated the democratic process.

Jean-Claude Duvalier Quotes

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