Quotes of: Haitians Keyword

By creating a society in which all people, of all colors, were granted freedom and citizenship, the Haitian Revolution forever transformed the world. It was a central part of the destruction of slavery in the Americas, and therefore a crucial moment ...

Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution

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

We have problems which will be addressed by Haitians.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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

Edwidge Danticat

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

Zora Neale Hurston

Since the 1960s, exile for Haitians is a condition that ends only to begin again.

Madison Smartt Bell

Haitians don't like to say they are hungry because we are proud.

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

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

Jean Claude Duvalier

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

Jean-Bertrand Aristide

Dominicans are in fact, Haitians by default. Since the natives named the whole island named Haïti, stop being a dolt.

Ricardo Derose

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

You know, we do not want the militarization of Haiti. We do not see a Haitian as a protectorate where it relinquishes its own sovereignty.

Danny Glover

Haiti's economy cannot be built by and benefit just a privileged few. It must be built by and benefit all Haitians.

Jim Yong Kim

I came into the music world in 1988 with a song called 'Ooh La La,' that was like a breath of fresh air in Haitian music.

Michel Martelly

Haitian rice farmers are quite efficient, but they can't compete with U.S. agribusiness that relies on a huge government subsidy, thanks to Ronald Reagan's free market enthusiasms.

Noam Chomsky

Every time there has been an effort by the Haitian people to overcome the misery and poverty that comes from 200 years of bitter attacks, really bitter, the U.S. steps in and blocks it.

Noam Chomsky

Haitians do not need development programs imposed on them by expatriates. Instead, they need help in developing as self-assured persons.

Tony Campolo

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 many international people there.

Meta Golding

When I came in, Haiti was not governed by Haitians anymore. Probably mostly by NGOs. And that has done what to Haiti? It has weakened our institution.

Michel Martelly

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

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