Haiti Quote by Edwidge Danticat

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

— Laurent Dubois

If you look just at the decades after 1934, you know it's hard to point to really inspired and positive support from outside of…

— Paul Farmer

America's relationship with Haiti has always been very complicated. I often say to people, "Before we came to America, America came to us in…

— Edwidge Danticat

And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934.

— 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

Haiti's complicated. Certain things are hard for us to fathom.

— Aaron Boone

I first went to Haiti in 1979. I've gone back every few years since.

— Kerry Kennedy

When I came in, Haiti was not governed by Haitians anymore. Probably mostly by NGOs. And that has done what to Haiti? It has…

— Michel Martelly

We must go beyond talking about the survival of the government, because political stability in Haiti is the most important thing for us.

— Jovenel Moise

While Haiti has recently celebrated more than 200 years of independence from French colonial rule, the citizens of the island remain vulnerable to poverty,…

— Eliot Engel

At the time Latin America was composed only of colonies. We were up against the biggest army of the colonial world, the Napoleonic army.…

— Michele Montas

We rushed to Haiti. We Adopt in Asia. We empathize with Africa. But struggle to humanize our struggles here in the states.

— LeCrae