Francois Duvalier

Politician

1907-04-14

Quotes by Francois Duvalier

• The chief of the tribe is supposed to be the father of all people of the tribe. That is the Haitian way.

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• It is not a question of whether I believe in voodoo. I am a scholar and, as such, I have studied the concept of voodoo. I have created the faculty of Afro-Haitian ethnology in our university where the concept of voodoo is taught. Voodoo is not superstition. It is a philosophy, a conception of God.

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• Revolutions are not made with literature. Revolutions equal gunfire.

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