Baby Doc Duvalier: In his own words

Quotes:

“The president is here, strong and firm as a monkey’s tail.”

“I’m not here for politics. I’m here for the reconstruction of Haiti.”

“There has not been one day since I left that I have not thought about Haiti.”

“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.”

— Compiled by Elisar Sasso, an intern at Gulf News