"The right to unite freely and to separate freely is the first and most important of all political rights."

“It is hard to hate what one has loved, and a half-extinguished fire is soon relit.”

“I am my own biggest critic ... I'm constantly criticizing myself, constantly trying to find ways to better myself and ... compete and, you know, just be the best.”

“You're only as tall as your heart will let you be and you're only as small as the world will make you seem.”

“As Minister of Foreign Affairs. I will work on deepening Haiti's links with its traditional partners from the North and the South, while exploring all the opportunities for economic, cultural, scientific and technological cooperation that may benefit my country.”

Source : "New Haitian minister of foreign affairs delivers first official speech". Laurent Lamothe's first official speech at his installation ceremony in Bois-Verna, Haiti, www.dominicavibes.dm. October 31, 2011.

“Tens of millions of Russian people died, fighting all sorts of Western expansionism. They defeated Nazism. They helped to liberate much of our world from colonialism. Of course the West never forgave Russia for fighting the epic battles against its expansionism and colonialism.”

“Unless You Puke, Faint or Die, Keep Going!”

“As humans we look at things and think about what we've looked at. We treasure it in a kind of private art gallery.”

“Neurotic: someone who can go from the bottom to the top, and back again, without ever once touching the middle.”