Haiti Quotes

Red carpets are pretty unpredictable. You can go from one person asking you what you're wearing to the next person asking you about the situation in Haiti. It's the extreme juxtaposition, and some of the questions can throw me!

The idea that because you're born in Haiti you could die having a child. The idea that because you're born in you know Malawi your children may go to bed hungry. We want to take some of the chance out of that.

We rushed to Haiti. We Adopt in Asia. We empathize with Africa. But struggle to humanize our struggles here in the states.

Whenever an earthquake or tsunami takes thousands of innocent lives, a shocked world talks of little else.

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.

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

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.

I can't think of a better model for Haiti rebuilding than Rwanda.

Haiti, which has been the main target of US intervention throughout the 20th century, is the poorest. And Guatemala, which is maybe the third major target of US intervention, probably ranks third poorest.

Life's hard in Haiti right now. And the hardest thing is that the future does not lie with one person.

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

In Haiti you had the Duvaliers for 29 years and they were very well supported by the United States.

And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934.

For the kind of thing that we were showing, the budget was sufficient. As we were speaking of in Haiti, we had not done that before in exactly this form and we had to have costumes for it.

The Attorney General made another astonishing claim, that there were Pakistani terrorists possibly coming on these boats from Haiti. No one has ever seen a Pakistani coming on a boat from Haiti yet.

Haiti is extremely stratified socially with a number of large families controlling most of the economy, and import-export.

We must consider bringing forward legislation that will facilitate the creation and implementation of businesses in Haiti. Overall, we must better position the country to compete for new market opportunities.

In 1994, when I went back to Haiti from exile, we established a Commission for Truth and Justice and Reconciliation. I passed the documents to the next government, and I never heard about it again.

As a foreign worker in Haiti, speaking for myself, speaking for the workers, our organization is about 95 percent Haitian, but even foreign workers driving through, we have had very minimal security issues.

Some people talk about Haiti as being the graveyard of development projects.

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

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.

Every time I go to Haiti after a season of busy work in Europe, I feel like I'm submerging into a certain state of mind, which is very productive.

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

Haiti is open for business!

The first time Haiti had free and fair democratic elections was 1990, when I was elected.

Haiti was a French colony, but in 1804, the slaves rose up and defeated the French and formed the Republic. For the last 200 years, Haiti has had a very unfortunate history.

Let's redefine scandal. Scandal is not who's dating who. Scandal is 1.2 million people living in tents in Haiti.

Only, in Haiti, I realized, is it possible to drink rum and haggle with a god.

I think that looking forward it's easy to imagine more constructive help for Haiti.

Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?

Where there is creativity there is hope and Haiti is the most hopeful place I've experienced

I want people to experience what it's like being from Haiti, coming to America, being Wyclef - multicultural, multilingual.

Haiti is in desperate poverty.

I have been curious about Haiti for many years. The history of the country is as fascinating as it is turbulent.

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.

Haiti kind of gets a hold of you.

I wanted to contribute my time, myself, my knowledge, my love, because Haiti is my everything.

Eruptions of talent continue to happen in Haiti, in spite of everything.

Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is no other such event in Western history.

The State should have made sure the money given to the NGOs was used according to a global plan for Haiti; not doing whatever they want. They should be supervised and have to report and make sure the money is being used properly. They are here, but we are seeing no results.

By most accounts, Aristide is the most popular figure in Haiti.

There has not been one day since I left that I have not thought about Haiti.

I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti want to see the vote of the people respected.

Haiti, like any place, has its security problems; it has a great challenge in terms of establishing a kind of globally acceptable rule of law.

I agree with Bill Clinton that US forces should not be sent to Haiti, but not for his reasons.

I would want to make Radio Haiti as independent as possible, which means it can't be strictly commercial.

The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.

America's relationship with Haiti has always been very complicated. I often say to people, "Before we came to America, America came to us in the form of the American occupation from 1915 to 1934."

One of the things you don't have in Haiti is you don't have anybody on crack doing something completely out of - that's unpredictable. Even at the worst times in Haiti, the violence that had happened, the lack of security that happened, was largely predictable because it was politically tied.