Jean-Jacques Dessalines Quotes

I prefer to work for my country in a free and independent way. I was born free, and I want to die free. I am always suspicious of ideology. Instead, I respect men with ideas.

To me, authority is something that a freer spirit, a more independent mind, and a person who can handle the world, doesn't need guidance from.

. . . the man is free, we say, who exists for his own sake and not for another's.

The hero's will is not that of his ancestors nor of his society, but his own. This will to be oneself is heroism.

Women want to serve, and this is where their happiness lies: but the free spirit does not want to be served, and this is where hishappiness lies.

Freedom and independence is my character.

I am fifty years old and I have always lived in freedom; let me end my life free; when I am dead let this be said of me: 'He belonged to no school, to no church, to no institution, to no academy, least of all to any regime except the regime of liberty.'

I was intelligent enough to make up my own mind. I not only had freedom of choice, I had freedom of expression.

Whoever will be free must make himself free. Freedom is no fairy gift to fall into a man's lap. What is freedom? To have the will to be responsible for one's self.

I never concerned myself with other people's decisions.

I don't hold myself dictated to by what everyone is saying, by the tabloids or popular opinion. I don't like bourgeois values. I say you find your own way to live.

I am not in this world to live up to other people's expectations, nor do I feel that the world must live up to mine.

I don't like people telling me what to do. I'm very independent.

It's important for me to be free and know I'm acting for myself. I do things because I want to, and that's important. You want to be your own person.

In America, it is difficult to be your own man.

I definitely do things on my terms, it may not seem that way but I actually do.

We have built our State on the freedom of personal adventure.

Like any young person, I do what I want.

Rules are made for people who aren't willing to make up their own.

I had always been a free spirit and always gotten what I wanted.

But the whole point of liberation is that you get out. Restructure your life. Act by yourself.

I am a rank individualist.

I always feel like I want to do my career my own way.

I have my life, my world. I do what I want, without annoying anyone.

The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases.