Haitian Quotes
27 quotes by 22 authors
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The structure of apartheid is still rooted in the Haitian society. When you have apartheid, you don't see those behind the walls. That is the…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both…
— William J. Clinton
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It's time for Haitians to have access to health care. It's time to open our borders to the Haitian diaspora, open our markets to the…
— Michel Martelly
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I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five.
— Jerry Coleman
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The silencing of the Haitian Revolution is only a chapter within a narrative of global domination. It is part of the history of the West…
— Michel-Rolph Trouillot
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It makes every Haitian proud to have such a hospital,
— Laurent Lamothe
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Haitian diplomacy will be oriented toward the influx of foreign capital, direct investments that create jobs and stimulate economic growth.
— Laurent Lamothe
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The diiference is that in the private sector you work for yourself, and as Prime Minister I work for every single Haitian - inside Haiti…
— Laurent Lamothe
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To start with, for example this year, 2004, is the bicentennial of Haitian independence.
— Edwidge Danticat
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I am currently in Haiti to help the Haitian people in their reconstruction.
— Jean-Claude Duvalier
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I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments of Haitian villagers have been proven to be correct when…
— Paul Farmer
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Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives…
— Rachel Kushner
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My first concern was to take care of my drawing. I did not have any knowledge in arts, especially Haitian arts, apart from the paintings…
— Ralph Allen
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We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian…
— Katherine Dunham
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Haiti is always talking about decentralization and nothing has been so obvious, perhaps a weakness, as the centralized nature of Haitian society as being revealed…
— Paul Farmer
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The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.
— Zora Neale Hurston
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How could a just God permit great misery? The Haitian peasants answered with a proverb: "Bondye konn bay, men li pa konn separe," in literal…
— Tracy Kidder
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Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks,…
— Noam Chomsky
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At Al Jazeera, the first story I did was to sit down with a former Haitian dictator, Jean-Claude Duvalier, and grill him about crimes against…
— Soledad O'Brien
Who Wrote These Haitian Quotes
22 authors contributed a total of 27 Haitian Quotes as follows: