« Liberation cannot be granted by foreigners, even if that is what they want: "It is the people themselves who must fight for their values and make them triumph. They can only flourish and bloom if they have been planted by the people in their own soil and watered with their own blood and tears." Such ideas have a rich past in the West, but have been drowned in imperial greed and arrogance. »

« The "dominant thesis" emanates from the rich and powerful, who, after promoting the liberalisation of the economy for others (and sometimes also for themselves), have acquired a dominant position and have prepared to face competition under conditions identical to all, that is to say in a context that is clearly favourable to them. Some economic historians compare this conduct to that of someone "who, having reached the top of the building, kicks the ladder back to prevent others from joining him", and then declares smugly: "Let's play fair, on equal terms." »

« In August 2006, the world's leading medical journal, The Lancet, published a study of human rights violations in Haiti between the February 2004 and December 2005 coup. It shows that about 8,000 people were murdered during this period, and that sexual assaults were commonplace, especially on children: data show that 35,000 women and girls were raped in the Port-au-Prince area alone. These atrocities were mainly the work of criminals, the national police and UN peacekeepers. »