I shall not remind you, Citizen-Directors, of all I have done for the triumph of liberty, the prosperity of St. Domingo, the glory of the French Republic; nor will I protest to you my attachment to our mother country, to my duties; my respect to the constitution, to the laws of the Republic, and my submission to the government.
タグ: government, mother, respect, you

"Toussaint Louverture"の他の名言

They have in me struck down but the trunk of the tree; the roots are many and deep - they will shoot up again!
タグ: deep, will, tree, me
We went to labor in the fields, my wife and I, hand in hand. Scarcely were we conscious of the fatigues of the day. Heaven always blessed our toil.
タグ: heaven, blessed, day, wife
Avoid sloth, the mother of all vices!
タグ: vices, avoid, mother
I have undertaken vengeance. I want Liberty and Equality to reign in Saint-Domingue. I work to bring them into existence. Unite yourselves to us, brothers, and fight with us for the same cause.
タグ: want, fight, equality, work
God, who knows our most secret thoughts and who sees all, is witness to the purity of my principles. They are not founded on this barbarous ferocity that takes pleasure in shedding human blood.
タグ: who, secret, thoughts, god
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