Born Quote by Edwidge Danticat

I think it's really important for Haitians living abroad to go back and help with the development and infrastructure, especially because there are so…

— Meta Golding

The whole history between Haiti and the Dominican Republic is complicated. We share the island of Hispaniola, and Haiti occupied the Dominican Republic for…

— Edwidge Danticat

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

At one point, we were stuck at the border of Peru and Colombia and met this large Haitian population that was stranded there without…

— Sam Pressman

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

I know the Haitian people because I am the Haitian people.

— Francois Duvalier

The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were two centuries ahead of…

— Madison Smartt Bell

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

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

— Kerry Kennedy

It seemed from the media that we were being told that all Haitians had AIDS. At the time, I had just come from Haiti.…

— Edwidge Danticat

I grew up in the Haitian culture. Everything we did was from the Haitian culture.

— Sony Michel

And in rural communities we've worked alongside, Haitians are doing far more than merely recovering from the earthquake. Many are creating long-term sustainable change.

— Craig Kielburger