Haiti Quotes

• The only way we'll get freedom for ourselves is to identify ourselves with every oppressed people in the world. We are blood brothers to the people of Brazil, Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba -- yes Cuba too.

  Malcolm X

  Brother, Freedom, Blood

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• The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador attain liberty, and inspired our forefathers to shed their blood for the United States' independence, cannot die. Today, this spirit of solidarity must and will empower all of us to rebuild Haiti.

  Jean-Bertrand Aristide

  Independent, Ubuntu, Blood

  Interview with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 10, 2010.

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• Haiti is an amazing country. Even though the people there have so little, their attitudes resonate a crazy amount of love and joy. It is truly inspiring to see that. My love for the country starts with them.

  Noah Munck

  Country, Attitude, Crazy

  "Exclusive: Noah Munck's Haitian Travel Diary". www.seventeen.com. March 22, 2012.

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• Of course, the humans in Haiti have hope. They hope to leave.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Having Hope, Humans, Courses

  P.J. O'Rourke (2015). “Thrown Under the Omnibus”, p.455, Atlantic Books Ltd

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• Since I do not believe that there should be different recommendations for people living in the Bronx and people living in Manhattan, I am uncomfortable making different recommendations for my patients in Boston and in Haiti.

  Paul Farmer

  Believe, Boston, People

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• I helped make Mexico, especially Tampico, safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefits of Wall Street. The record of racketeering is long. I helped purify Nicaragua for the international banking house of Brown Brothers in 1909-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for American sugar interests in 1916. In China I helped to see to it that Standard Oil went its way unmolested.

  Smedley Butler

  Brother, Wall, Boys

  "War Is a Racket". Smedley Butler's speech in the U.S. (1933); later published as a book "War Is a Racket", www.businessinsider.com. 1935.

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• I think Haiti is a place that suffers so much from neglect that people only want to hear about it when it’s at its extreme. And that’s what they end up knowing about it.

  Edwidge Danticat

  Thinking, Knowing, People

  "A Voice in Haiti’s Chorus". www.motherjones.com. 2010.

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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 talk about it. Haitians were originally under the heel of the French. You know, Napoleon the third, or whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said, we will serve you if you will get us free from the French. True story. And so, the devil said, okay it's a deal. Ever since they have been cursed by one thing after the other.

  Pat Robertson

  Silly, Blessing, Long

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• Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always. Always.

  Jean-Bertrand Aristide

  I Love You, Breathe, Always Love You

  Interview with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. March 21, 2011.

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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 French... and they got together and swore a pact to the devil.

  Pat Robertson

  Long, People, Devil

  "Pat Robertson: Haiti ‘Cursed’ By ‘Pact To The Devil’" by Danny Shea, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging them to understand that Haiti does not need clever Americans with newly contrived schemes for saving their country.

  Tony Campolo

  Country, Clever, Home

  "Making Matters Worse in Haiti" by Tony Campolo, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 2, 2010.

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• Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.

  Charles Rangel

  Aggravation, Removal, Conditions

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• At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different, and, in fact, greater, challenges when attempting to treat complications of HIV disease.

  Paul Farmer

  Challenges, Different, Hiv

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• I never planned on doing a book about Paul Farmer or his organization. I met him in Haiti when I was on a magazine assignment. It's almost like his story sort of fell in my lap.

  Tracy Kidder

  Book, Organization, Lap

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• As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti, to share in their suffering, help rebuild the country, moving from misery to poverty with dignity.

  Jean-Bertrand Aristide

  Country, Moving, People

  "Actor, Activist Danny Glover: Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide “Mystified” at US Resistance to His Return". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 10, 2010.

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• What happened to Haiti is a threat that could happen anywhere in the Caribbean to these island nations, you know, because of global warming, because of climate change and all this.

  Danny Glover

  Islands, Climate, Global Warming

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• People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti.

  Edwidge Danticat

  Country, Thinking, Cnn

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• Haiti itself was also photographed, some of the streets, some of the mountains, rivers, streams, etc. were photographed before talking with me about how I felt about Haiti. Then the camera went to our voodoo temple and saw a serious ceremony, a real ceremony.

  Katherine Dunham

  Real, Talking, Rivers

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• As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of their suffering, we feel deeply and profoundly that we should be there, in Haiti, with them, trying our best to prevent death.

  Jean-Bertrand Aristide

  Thinking, People, Waiting

  "Actor, Activist Danny Glover: Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide “Mystified” at US Resistance to His Return". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 10, 2010.

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• Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.

  Paul Farmer

  Real, Rights, Sick

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• When the Haiti earthquake happened, I registered with UNICEF to set up an account, and posted to Twitter for people to donate to it. In a matter of a couple of hours, $30,000 had been donated. That, to me, was eye-opening.

  Misha Collins

  Couple, Eye, Earthquakes

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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 the walls. That is the reality of Haiti.

  Jean-Bertrand Aristide

  Wall, Reality, Structure

  "An Exclusive Interview With Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide". Interview with Nicolas Rossier, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 15, 2010.

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• I am currently in Haiti to help the Haitian people in their reconstruction.

  Jean-Claude Duvalier

  People, Helping, Reconstruction

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• Canadians have been very generous toward Haiti after the earthquake and, thanks to you, our most vulnerable people have received food, drinkable water, shelter, medical care and education. For that, we are extremely grateful.

  Laurent Lamothe

  Grateful, Earthquakes, People

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• The art of coalition command - whether it is here in Afghanistan, whether it was in Iraq or in Bosnia or in Haiti - is to take the resources you are provided with, understand what the strengths and weaknesses are and to employ them to the best overall effect.

  David Petraeus

  Art, Iraq, Weakness

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