"Haitians don't like to say they are hungry……" — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
"Haitians don't like to say they are hungry because we are proud."
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31 Quotes by Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Jean-Bertrand Aristide has 31 quotes on this site.
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We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace.
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As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people…
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The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela,…
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Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love…
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When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress…
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The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.
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The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.
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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…
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As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we…
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I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we…
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In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation.…
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Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also…
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More Haitians Quotes
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one of 19 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.
— Tony Campolo
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It may be a blessing in disguise...Something happened a long time ago in Haiti, and people might not want to…
— Pat Robertson
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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,…
— Michel Martelly
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The Haitians, who knew something about suffering and survival, had a beautiful phrase... The Translation is not perfect, but the…
— Rick Bragg
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We have problems which will be addressed by Haitians.
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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One hundred and twenty Marines were detailed to officer a force of twenty-six hundred Haitians.
— Smedley Butler
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Haitians weren't screwed-up, but everything political, intellectual, and material around them is.
— P.J. O'Rourke
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In order for peace to reign, one must speak the truth, and that is why I have spoken of a…
— Jean-Bertrand Aristide
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But I think it's very key that there's a plan for Haiti. And we have to begin to - as…
— Danny Glover
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In our community here in Boston, we have had a tremendous influx of Russian Jews and Haitians. We call these…
— Kathryn Lasky
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Since the 1960s, exile for Haitians is a condition that ends only to begin again.
— Madison Smartt Bell
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The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were…
— Madison Smartt Bell
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