The Agronomist (2003)

Jean Dominique: Self

Quotes 

• Jean Dominique : Clearly our silence and restraint irritated Dany Toussaint, and perhaps his masters. The mistake of Dany Toussaint was to think that a bit of terrorism on the part of street thugs would give access to our microphone. If they keep trying to use these screamers in front of Radio Haiti Inter to shut down the Delmas Road, he will break his teeth! The microphone of Radio Haiti will stay closed to him! Yeah I know that he has weapons! And that he has money to pay and arm his henchmen. Here I have no weapons other than my journalism, my microphone and my unquenchable faith as a militant for true change! If Dany Toussaint tries anything else against me or the radio and I am still alive, I will close the place down after I have denounced his maneuvers once more, and I will return to exile with my family. I close with Shakespeare: 'The truth will always make the devil's face blush!'

• Jean Dominique : But in 1980, Carter was losing ground. Mr. Ronald...

  [smiles] 

  Jean Dominique : you know him?... was winning ground. And they...

  [makes a couple long sniffing sounds] 

  Jean Dominique : ... smelled it. They said: "The time has come, human rights no more. The Cowboy are back in the white house." And you know the Macoute were fascinated by the cowboy. It was the end of the "Haitian Spring".

• Interviewer Jonathan (In USA) : [asked while Jean was in exile in NYC, voice offscreen]  Do you have any doubt, Jean, that Radio Haiti will return to the air?

  Jean Dominique : Any doubt? Not the shadow of the doubt. Not a shadow. I am sure. I am positive. Jonathan, you cannot kill the truth. You cannot kill justice. You cannot kill what we are fighting for. Participation of the citizens through the community business.