Accepted Quote by Sean Penn

I think it's hard for an outsider to capture the flavor of a community and all its nuances, so ultimately Haitian-Americans need to start…

— Edwidge Danticat

Haitians weren't screwed-up, but everything political, intellectual, and material around them is.

— P. J. O'Rourke

The Haitian people are gentle and lovable except for their enormous and unconscious cruelty.

— Zora Neale Hurston

Haitians must understand that they have to collaborate to resolve the country's problems - no one is coming to rescue them.

— Jovenel Moise

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

— Sony Michel

I think that the kinds of stereotypes that people have about Haitians or about HIV sufferers exist because we don't realize that these are…

— Kwame Dawes

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

In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed the documents…

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

I would hate for people to generalize about every Haitian from something that one Haitian did, or a group of Haitians did.

— Edwidge Danticat

In order for peace to reign, one must speak the truth, and that is why I have spoken of a political abduction, ... ...…

— Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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

Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter…

— Noam Chomsky