--- title: "31 Haitians Quotes by 23 authors" description: "Browse 31 Haitians quotes by 23 authors. Discover the best Haitians sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/jovenel-moise-9934_build_we-are-all-haitians-and-we-will-build-on_2973669.jpg" --- > [We are all Haitians, and we will build one Haiti for all Haitians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jovenel-moise/we-are-all-haitians-and-we-will-build-one-haiti-for-all-haitians/) [Jovenel Moise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jovenel-moise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/jovenel-moise-9934_build_we-are-all-haitians-and-we-will-build-on_2973669.jpg) > [Bitch don't compare us africans to haitians. That's like comparing bloods n crips..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-blackson/bitch-don-t-compare-us-africans-to-haitians-that-s-like-comparing/) [Michael Blackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-blackson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b81/michael-blackson-18063_africans_bitch-don-t-compare-us-africans-to-haiti_2858712.jpg) > [Many Haitians don't want to participate in something they think will be violent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jovenel-moise/many-haitians-don-t-want-to-participate-in-something-they-think-will/) [Jovenel Moise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jovenel-moise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/jovenel-moise-9934_many_many-haitians-don-t-want-to-participate_263239.jpg) > [One hundred and twenty Marines were detailed to officer a force of twenty-six hundred Haitians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/smedley-butler/one-hundred-and-twenty-marines-were-detailed-to-officer-a-force-of/) [Smedley Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/smedley-butler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e2/smedley-butler-17291_force_one-hundred-and-twenty-marines-were-deta_601052.png) > [Haitians don't like to say they are hungry because we are proud.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-bertrand-aristide/haitians-don-t-like-to-say-they-are-hungry-because-we-are-proud/) [Jean-Bertrand Aristide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-bertrand-aristide/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ce/jean-bertrand-aristide-19618_hungry_haitians-don-t-like-to-say-they-are-hung_1422969.jpg) > [I am the president of all Haitians, the good and the bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jovenel-moise/i-am-the-president-of-all-haitians-the-good-and-the-bad/) [Jovenel Moise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jovenel-moise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a6/jovenel-moise-9934_am_i-am-the-president-of-all-haitians-the-g_1965130.jpg) > [Haitians weren't screwed-up, but everything political, intellectual, and material around them is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/p-j-o-rourke/haitians-weren-t-screwed-up-but-everything-political-intellectual-and/) [P. J. O'Rourke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/p-j-o-rourke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/846/p-j-o-rourke-184_intellectual_haitians-weren-t-screwed-up-but-everythi_3215979.png) > [We have problems which will be addressed by Haitians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-bertrand-aristide/we-have-problems-which-will-be-addressed-by-haitians/) [Jean-Bertrand Aristide](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-bertrand-aristide/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/92b/jean-bertrand-aristide-19618_haiti_we-have-problems-which-will-be-addressed_353508.jpg) > [Haitians must understand that they have to collaborate to resolve the country's problems - no one is coming to rescue them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jovenel-moise/haitians-must-understand-that-they-have-to-collaborate-to-resolve-the/) [Jovenel Moise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jovenel-moise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/019/jovenel-moise-9934_country_haitians-must-understand-that-they-have_151795.jpg) > [The U.S.' refusal to acknowledge the plight of displaced Haitians and maintaining inhumane practices of neglect, disrespect, and violence amounts to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-tometi/the-u-s-refusal-to-acknowledge-the-plight-of-displaced-haitians-and/) [Opal Tometi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-tometi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/opal-tometi-9098_disrespect_the-u-s-refusal-to-acknowledge-the-pligh_1665897.jpg) > [I think it's really important for Haitians living abroad to go back and help with the development and infrastructure, especially because there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meta-golding/i-think-it-s-really-important-for-haitians-living-abroad-to-go-back/) [Meta Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meta-golding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f4c/meta-golding-66769_abroad_i-think-it-s-really-important-for-haitia_1340628.jpg) > [Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-yong-kim/haiti-s-economy-cannot-be-built-by-and-benefit-just-a-privileged-few/) [Jim Yong Kim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-yong-kim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26a/jim-yong-kim-15065_benefit_haiti-s-economy-cannot-be-built-by-and-b_2153650.png) > [There is a kind of sense of truth and reconciliation that is non-formalized, but it's understood and accepted. Haitians are Haitians and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sean-penn/there-is-a-kind-of-sense-of-truth-and-reconciliation-that-is-non/) [Sean Penn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sean-penn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/sean-penn-3005_accepted_there-is-a-kind-of-sense-of-truth-and-re_2262515.png) > [We must recognize the enduring resilience of Haitians in the face of centuries of economic hardship in tandem with invidious discrimination.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/al-n-green/we-must-recognize-the-enduring-resilience-of-haitians-in-the-face-of/) [Al N. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/al-n-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/al-n-green-5785_discrimination_we-must-recognize-the-enduring-resilienc_3135569.jpg) > [Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-campolo/haitians-do-not-need-development-programs-imposed-on-them-by/) [Tony Campolo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-campolo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64e/tony-campolo-2506_developing_haitians-do-not-need-development-program_391151.png) > [It's time for Haitians to have access to health care. It's time to open our borders to the Haitian diaspora, open our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-martelly/it-s-time-for-haitians-to-have-access-to-health-care-it-s-time-to/) [Michel Martelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-martelly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/553/michel-martelly-26307_access_it-s-time-for-haitians-to-have-access-to_3152102.jpg) > [The U.S. has long characterized Haitian immigrants as criminals. This tradition began in 1963 when the first boat of Haitians seeking political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/opal-tometi/the-u-s-has-long-characterized-haitian-immigrants-as-criminals-this/) [Opal Tometi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/opal-tometi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4e/opal-tometi-9098_boat_the-u-s-has-long-characterized-haitian-i_2393399.jpg) > [The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were two centuries…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/the-country-is-too-often-assumed-to-be-a-backward-place-the-first/) [Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/madison-smartt-bell-23168_abolish_the-country-is-too-often-assumed-to-be-a_2964588.png) > [On February 7, 2.2 million Haitians went to the polls and exercised their constitutional right to select a leader. They went by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-foley/on-february-7-2-2-million-haitians-went-to-the-polls-and-exercised/) [Mark Foley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-foley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c5/mark-foley-26924_almost_on-february-7-2-2-million-haitians-went_117204.jpg) > [When I was a child, my parents took my brothers and me to Port-au-Prince during the summer so we could get to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxane-gay/when-i-was-a-child-my-parents-took-my-brothers-and-me-to-port-au/) [Roxane Gay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxane-gay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/378/roxane-gay-520_about_when-i-was-a-child-my-parents-took-my-br_923403.png) > [It seemed from the media that we were being told that all Haitians had AIDS. At the time, I had just come…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/it-seemed-from-the-media-that-we-were-being-told-that-all-haitians/) [Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/645/edwidge-danticat-2559_aids_it-seemed-from-the-media-that-we-were-be_1567714.jpg) > [One of the things that sparked my interest in this is the case of Emmanuel Constant, who started a militia called FRAPH…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/one-of-the-things-that-sparked-my-interest-in-this-is-the-case-of/) [Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8a/edwidge-danticat-2559_bruised_one-of-the-things-that-sparked-my-intere_983867.jpg) > [I think that the kinds of stereotypes that people have about Haitians or about HIV sufferers exist because we don't realize that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kwame-dawes/i-think-that-the-kinds-of-stereotypes-that-people-have-about-haitians/) [Kwame Dawes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kwame-dawes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/098/kwame-dawes-23765_aunt_i-think-that-the-kinds-of-stereotypes-th_2596479.jpg) > [ AIDS was something that was put upon us \[as haitians\], and we were immediately identified with it. That is unfair. That is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edwidge-danticat/aids-was-something-that-was-put-upon-us-as-haitians-and-we-were/) [Edwidge Danticat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edwidge-danticat/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e4/edwidge-danticat-2559_aids_aids-was-something-that-was-put-upon-us_2877231.png) > [There had been a free and open election in Haiti in the early 1990s and president Jean-Bertrand Aristide won, a populist priest.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/there-had-been-a-free-and-open-election-in-haiti-in-the-early-1990s/) [Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/374/noam-chomsky-42_coups_there-had-been-a-free-and-open-election_2253458.jpg) > [It may be a blessing in disguise...Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to talk about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pat-robertson/it-may-be-a-blessing-in-disguise-something-happened-a-long-time-ago/) [Pat Robertson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pat-robertson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f71/pat-robertson-1972_blessing_it-may-be-a-blessing-in-disguise-somethi_1833963.jpg) > [Practically all we know is that thousands of native Haitians have been killed by American Marines, and that many of our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-g-harding/practically-all-we-know-is-that-thousands-of-native-haitians-have/) [Warren G. Harding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-g-harding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f1/warren-g-harding-17266_assistants_practically-all-we-know-is-that-thousand_2372196.jpg) > [Since the 1960s, exile for Haitians is a condition that ends only to begin again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madison-smartt-bell/since-the-1960s-exile-for-haitians-is-a-condition-that-ends-only-to/) [Madison Smartt Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madison-smartt-bell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/254/madison-smartt-bell-23168_1960s_since-the-1960s-exile-for-haitians-is-a_398816.png) > [And in rural communities we've worked alongside, Haitians are doing far more than merely recovering from the earthquake. Many are creating long-term…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-kielburger/and-in-rural-communities-we-ve-worked-alongside-haitians-are-doing/) [Craig Kielburger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-kielburger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/craig-kielburger-15650_change_and-in-rural-communities-we-ve-worked-al_2385559.jpg) > [The Haitians, who knew something about suffering and survival, had a beautiful phrase... The Translation is not perfect, but the nut of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-bragg/the-haitians-who-knew-something-about-suffering-and-survival-had-a/) [Rick Bragg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-bragg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/rick-bragg-12837_beautiful_the-haitians-who-knew-something-about-su_934839.jpg) > [“It would make sense, for the purposes of this study, to determine whether the idea of the zombie is in fact one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ren-depestre/it-would-make-sense-for-the-purposes-of-this-study-to-determine/) [René Depestre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ren-depestre/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9f/ren-depestre-61438_education_it-would-make-sense-for-the-purposes-of_1625060.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/haitians/#itemlist", "name": "Haitians Quotes", "numberOfItems": 31, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are all Haitians, and we will build one Haiti for all Haitians.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jovenel Moise" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jovenel-moise/we-are-all-haitians-and-we-will-build-one-haiti-for-all-haitians/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/jovenel-moise-9934_build_we-are-all-haitians-and-we-will-build-on_2973669.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/jovenel-moise-9934_build_we-are-all-haitians-and-we-will-build-on_2973669.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/jovenel-moise-9934_build_we-are-all-haitians-and-we-will-build-on_2973669.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We are all Haitians, and we will build one Haiti for all Haitians.” — Jovenel Moise", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Bitch don't compare us africans to haitians. 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