Toussaint Louverture (François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture) Quotes

I have taken my flight in the region of eagles; when I alight, it must be on a rock, and that rock must be a constitutional government, of which I shall be the head so long as I shall be among men.

Toussaint Louverture

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• I have taken my flight in the region of eagles; when I alight, it must be on a rock, and that rock must be a constitutional government, of which I shall be the head so long as I shall be among men.

  

  Toussaint Louverture
  • Government
  • Flight
  • Eagles