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124 Haiti quotes by 61 unique authors

The wages Haiti requires by law belong in the department of science fiction: actual wages on coffee plantations vary from $.07 to $.15 a day — Eduardo Galeano
I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when it’s at its extreme.… — Edwidge Danticat
Haiti was founderd by a righteous revolution in 1804 and became the first black republic. It was the first country to break the chains of… — Paul Farmer
A Wedding In Haiti is a great experience and its unaffected prose is as true a portrait of complex Haiti as you will find. — Mark Kurlansky
I don't know how your theology works, but if Jesus has a choice between stained glass windows and feeding starving kids in Haiti, I have… — Tony Campolo
Three years after my first trip to Haiti, I realized there was another emotional note that had to be reckoned with: the intense, vibrant color… — Alex Webb
Condelleza Rice and Colin Powell are both dangerous people. What they did in Haiti [2004 U.S.-backed coup that ousted democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide] is… — Randall Robinson
I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National… — Smedley Butler
Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate. — Charles Rangel
Let's redefine scandal. Scandal is not who's dating who. Scandal is 1.2 million people living in tents in Haiti. — Olivia Wilde
I have never witnessed poverty like I did in Haiti. The kind that is so deep and wide-reaching that it feels impossible to make a… — Toni Collette
Where there is creativity there is hope and Haiti is the most hopeful place I've experienced — Donna Karan
The idea that because you're born in Haiti you could die having a child. The idea that because you're born in you know Malawi your… — Paul Farmer
Often one finds surprises in a novel, but it is rare to find a novel that is a surprise. Richard Melo's 'Happy Talk' is just… — Percival Everett
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 is not who… — Olivia Wilde
Haiti kind of gets a hold of you. — Sean Penn
It is the destiny of the people of Haiti to suffer. — Jean-Claude Duvalier
I wanted to contribute my time, myself, my knowledge, my love, because Haiti is my everything. — Laurent Lamothe
I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual. — Wyclef Jean
It's funny... you can make fun of AIDS or Haiti, but if you make fun of some starlet in Hollywood's looks? That's like the one… — Daniel Tosh
To read 'Happy Talk' is to crash a party as vivid and surreal as Felini's 8. It's the business of show business, the American dream,… — Monica Drake
And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934. — Edwidge Danticat
In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States. — Edwidge Danticat
We rushed to Haiti. We Adopt in Asia. We empathize with Africa. But struggle to humanize our struggles here in the states. — LeCrae
Immigration along with nonwhite birthrates will make white people a minority totally vulnerable to the political, social, and economic will of blacks, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans,… — David Duke

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