Jean-Bertrand Aristide: “We feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death.”

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.

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

Of course not, because no one should force an elected president to move in order to avoid bloodshed.

I think the best way for the United States to demonstrate it's mature is to send additional police, international police troops to increase the number of those international police already in Haiti, and helping us to disarm the terrorists…