Haiti Quotes · Page 3

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

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

— Henry Rollins

The rich are only defeated when running for their lives.

— Anonymous

It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer.

— Anonymous

There has not been one day since I left that I have not thought about Haiti.

— Jean-Claude Duvalier

I'm the fifth president of Haiti to rule without a parliament.

— Jovenel Moise

Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere; some say the poorest in the world.

— Helen Fisher

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

— Edwidge Danticat

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

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

— Henry Rollins

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

— Pat Robertson

There [Haiti] were also leaders like Jean-Jacques Dessalines, whose motto was, "Cut their heads off, burn their houses."

— Edwidge Danticat

You know, we do not want the militarization of Haiti. We do not see a Haitian as a protectorate where it relinquishes…

— Danny Glover

“Visiting Haiti, will either bring you closer to God, or you'll lose faith... but one thing for certain, you will never return…

— Kenol Policard

Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

— Anonymous

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

It's important to remember there is a 20 year US. occupation of Haiti from 1915 to 1934. That represents a major transition…

— Laurent Dubois

I want my fellow citizens to wise up and stop falling for [war]. I try with my limited access, I'm not getting…

— Henry Rollins

If any country was a mine-shaft canary for the reintroduction of cholera, it was Haiti - and we knew it. And in…

— Paul Farmer

Peace in the head, peace in the stomach. The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent…

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else. I'll never forget the wrenching…

— Anne M. Mulcahy

The music in Haiti is all tied up in voodoo and African rhythm, and so there's this funny thing: go to a…

— Win Butler

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

— Smedley Butler

“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

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 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

It seemed from the media that we were being told that all Haitians had AIDS. At the time, I had just come…

— Edwidge Danticat

It has been hard to muster the resources to support fledgling democracies and to intervene on behalf of the most desperate. The…

— Condoleezza Rice

It has been hard to muster the resources to support fledgling democracies- or to help the world's most desperate - the AIDS…

— Condoleezza Rice

The biggest problem Haiti has is the weakness of its public institutions.

— Jovenel Moise

We should be focused on the Haiti earthquake victims, not on what contracts your company should get, if you're a friend of…

— Kellyanne Conway

I'm happy to be part of this chorus of people who are trying to tell more complex stories about Haiti.

— Edwidge Danticat

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

— Tony Campolo

I would love to work with the artisans and take it to another dimension, the same way I did in Haiti.

— Donna Karan

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now…

— Paul Farmer

My son graduated high school and went to Haiti to work for his dad's organization and then extended his stay. It's incredible…

— Robin Wright

The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid, you don't see those behind the walls.…

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide