Haiti Quotes · Page 3

There is no shortcut to the development of Haiti.

— Jovenel Moise

Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.

— Elliott Abrams

A silenced Haiti has once again found its literary voice.

— Paule Marshall

Of course, the humans in Haiti have hope. They hope to leave.

— P. J. O'Rourke

When the earthquake hit Haiti in 2010, I was on vacation in the Cayman Islands.

— Anonymous

Haiti fell over? Who built Haiti? Two of the three little pigs?!

— Christopher Titus

Vodou is one of the religions practiced in Haiti, a rich religion for the people.

— Edwidge Danticat

Where there is creativity there is hope and Haiti is the most hopeful place I've experienced

— Donna Karan

I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on…

— Tracy Kidder

Even before the earthquake in Haiti, only half the country's population had a source of safe drinking water.

— Marcus Samuelsson

Also, people are not often aware of the way the United States' policies influence what happens in places like Haiti or El…

— Edwidge Danticat

When you step off a plane into a place like Haiti, you're just surrounded by overwhelming stimulus: the people selling you things,…

— Michael Arden

I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when it’s…

— Edwidge Danticat

Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about it. They were under the heel…

— Pat Robertson

Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti,…

— Wyclef Jean

I have been curious about Haiti for many years. The history of the country is as fascinating as it is turbulent.

— Henry Rollins

When the Haiti earthquake happened, I registered with UNICEF to set up an account, and posted to Twitter for people to donate…

— Misha Collins

Since I do not believe that there should be different recommendations for people living in the Bronx and people living in Manhattan,…

— Paul Farmer

If you love Black people, why are you destroying Haiti? If you love Black people, why did you, [Hillary] Clinton, stop them…

— Louis Farrakhan

I worked on human rights projects in Haiti, Cameroon, and East Asia, and the bigger ones tended to do with agriculture. My…

— Sanjay Rawal

The silencing of the Haitian Revolution is only a chapter within a narrative of global domination. It is part of the history…

— Michel-Rolph Trouillot

People of Haiti, I am the heir to the political philosophy, the doctrine and the revolution which my late father incarnated as…

— Jean-Claude Duvalier

Liberia has to take primary responsibility for its own reform agenda. But our resources are limited. We have to attract the private…

— Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Language is such a powerful thing. After the earthquake, I went to Haiti and people were talking about how [they] described this…

— Edwidge Danticat

“By creating a society in which all people, of all colors, were granted freedom and citizenship, the Haitian Revolution forever transformed the…

— Laurent Dubois

“The two main criminals are France and the United States. They owe Haiti enormous reparations because of actions going back hundreds of…

— Noam Chomsky

I'd like to refocus everyone's attention away from the Kardashians and onto Doctors Without Borders or aid workers. Let's redefine scandal. Scandal…

— Olivia Wilde

“The fervor and single-mindedness of this deification probably have no precedent in history. It's not like Duvalier or Assad passing the torch…

— Christopher Hitchens

The promise of America is one immigration policy for all who seek to enter our shores, whether they come from Mexico, Haiti…

— Al Sharpton

To read 'Happy Talk' is to crash a party as vivid and surreal as Felini's 8. It's the business of show business,…

— Monica Drake

“Haiti as an independent republic accepted the invitation extended to her along with other nations, and erected a building on the World's…

— Ida B. Wells-Barnett

I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place…

— Smedley Butler

We've already donated to Haiti. It's called the U.S. income tax.

— Rush Limbaugh

International aid as a means of development is a major failure, and not just in Haiti.

— Raoul Peck

They gave me six weeks to do a campaign, and I did all of Haiti in six weeks.

— Jovenel Moise

The rich are only defeated when running for their lives.

— Anonymous

We are all Haitians, and we will build one Haiti for all Haitians.

— Jovenel Moise

I think that if Haiti is not self-sufficient in food, it is because we have stopped working.

— Jovenel Moise

I plan to be a part of Haiti's reconstruction and future.

— Henry Rollins

Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects.

— Paul Farmer