Jean-Bertrand Aristide: “Of course not, because no one should force an elected president to move in order to avoid bloodshed.”

We had 32 coup d'etats; it's enough. We need now to respect the constitutional order. And I will leave the palace on February 7, 2006, which is good for our democracy.

The terrorists are here, but not better armed than you. You have the constitution as your compass, and democratic values as your weapons.

I reject the Bush administration's suggestion to hold early elections in an effort to diffuse the crisis.

Haiti's president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, is defiant. He rejected the Bush administration's suggestion to hold early elections in an effort to diffuse the crisis.