Haitian Quotes

• The new Haitian baseball can't weigh more than four ounces or less than five.

  Jerry Coleman

  Funny, Baseball, Humor

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• The silencing of the Haitian Revolution is only a chapter within a narrative of global domination. It is part of the history of the West and it is likely to persist, even in attenuated form, as long as the history of the West is not retold in ways that bring forward the perspective of the world.

  Michel-Rolph Trouillot

  Long, Perspective, World

  Michel-Rolph Trouillot (2015). “Silencing the Past (20th anniversary edition): Power and the Production of History”, p.73, Beacon Press

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• Haitian diplomacy will be oriented toward the influx of foreign capital, direct investments that create jobs and stimulate economic growth.

  Laurent Lamothe

  Jobs, Growth, Investment

  "New Haitian minister of foreign affairs delivers first official speech". Laurent Lamothe's first official speech at his installation ceremony in Bois-Verna, Haiti, www.dominicavibes.dm. October 31, 2011.

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

  Francois Duvalier

  People, Knows

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• How could a just God permit great misery? The Haitian peasants answered with a proverb: "Bondye konn bay, men li pa konn separe," in literal translation, "God gives but doesn't share." This meant... God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. That charge was laid upon us.

  Tracy Kidder

  Men, Giving, Needs

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• We all have a tendency to over generalize our individual experiences. After I've published something, I'll meet someone who says, "I'm Haitian, and I don't know this, so it must not be true." Even if we're talking about a work of fiction. I've gotten very angry myself reading many things about Haiti. We're not a monolithic group; no group is. Also, it's important to keep in mind the genre in which we are writing. Fiction is full of invented stories about exceptional people in exceptional situations. Those situations are not always cheery or celebratory.

  Edwidge Danticat

  Reading, Writing, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• The first big dramatic push in the Haitian Revolution was to overthrow the slave regime and we have to remember this was really the first place where there was a large scale emancipation experiment.

  Laurent Dubois

  Firsts, Revolution, Remember

  Interview with Austin Allen, bigthink.com. January 20, 2010.

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

  Jean-Claude Duvalier

  People, Haiti, Helping

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• I will work to bring peace to everyone - whatever economic level - as long as you are Haitian.

  Jean-Bertrand Aristide

  Long, Levels, Economic

  "Aristide bid to win over Haiti critics" by Owen Bowcott, www.theguardian.com. November 28, 2000.

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• Slave rebellions, especially the [1791] Haitian Revolution, had an ongoing effect on the ways in which abolitionists talked about ending slavery.

  Manisha Sinha

  Ongoing, Slavery, Way

  Source: www.bostonglobe.com

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• My first concern was to take care of my drawing. I did not have any knowledge in arts, especially Haitian arts, apart from the paintings I saw in my father's office.

  Ralph Allen

  Art, Father, Drawing

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• I've been impressed, over the last 15 years, with how often the somewhat conspiratorial comments of Haitian villagers have been proven to be correct when the historical record is probed carefully.

  Paul Farmer

  Years, Historical, Records

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• To start with, for example this year, 2004, is the bicentennial of Haitian independence.

  Edwidge Danticat

  Years, Independence, Example

  Interview with Robert Birnbaum, themorningnews.org. April 20, 2004.

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• If a Cuban refugee is escaping, we're saying they're a political refugee, but why isn't a Haitian refugee a political refugee? They're escaping the capitalism and degradation of economic imperialism. We don't call them political refugees; we call them unfortunate people.

  Ian Svenonius

  Escaping, People, Political

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. That charge was laid upon us

  Tracy Kidder

  Giving, Needs, Humans

  Tracy Kidder (2003). “Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World”, p.94, Random House

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

  Zora Neale Hurston

  People, Lovable, Enormous

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• We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian of this area, but at the same time, just as we have the Haitian room, we will always have room for another exhibit.

  Katherine Dunham

  African American, Rooms, American Indian

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• I am fine with my books being categorized as African-American literature but I hope they are also considered Haitian-American literature and American literature. All of these things are part of who I am and what I write.

  Roxane Gay

  Book, Writing, Who I Am

  Source: therumpus.net

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• I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we've done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake.

  William J. Clinton

  Country, Grateful, Earthquakes

  "Transcript: Bill Clinton's Democratic Convention Speech". abcnews.go.com. September 5, 2012.

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• The diiference is that in the private sector you work for yourself, and as Prime Minister I work for every single Haitian - inside Haiti and outside - and for all those who love Haiti as well.

  Laurent Lamothe

  Haiti, Prime, Ministers

  "Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe of Haiti: 'We don’t want to be known as an NGO nation'". Interview with Elisabeth Braw, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 18, 2013.

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• Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance.

  Rachel Kushner

  Romantic Music, Piano, Orchestra

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• I like them brown, yellow, Puerto Rican, or Haitian
  Name is Phife Dawg from the Zulu nation.

  Phife Dawg

  Girl, Rapper, Names

  "Phife Dawg, member of A Tribe Called Quest, dies at 45". www.foxnews.com. March 24, 2016.

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• It makes every Haitian proud to have such a hospital.

  Laurent Lamothe

  Proud, Hospitals

  "Haitian Prime Minister Meets with PIH, Harvard". www.pih.org. June 5, 2014.

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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, Haiti

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

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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, open our markets to the world. It's time to open our country to potential investors.

  Michel Martelly

  Country, Borders, World

  Interview with Tai Saint-Louis, allhiphop.com. August 6, 2010.

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