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

— Pat Robertson

“Terrible things had been done in Haiti in his name. He had profoundly altered Haitian society for three years, set it spiraling frantically in…

— Jon Ronson

Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects.

— Paul Farmer

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

— Anonymous

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

One can't do anything alone in Haiti. Sharing and cooperation are so deeply woven into the culture that sometimes it's hard to have a…

— Madison Smartt Bell

“It is with this surety that we must stand with Haiti, a country whose spirit and people will never be broken, and work in…

— Paul Farmer

“True confession: My dad wouldn’t leave for Haiti until I proved to him that I could change a tire. According to him, that’s like…

— Deborah Raney

Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to look at…

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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

“The two main criminals are France and the United States. They owe Haiti enormous reparations because of actions going back hundreds of years. If…

— Noam Chomsky

Haiti fell over? Who built Haiti? Two of the three little pigs?!

— Christopher Titus