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Discover the most inspirational quotes from the Haitians Quotes. Here, you’ll find a diverse collection of motivation, wisdom, love, laughter, or a deeper understanding of life, our curated selection of quotes has something for everyone.
Perfect for fans and those looking for motivation, our collection of Haitians Quotes will inspire and resonate with you. Haitians Quotes

Roxane Gay

When I was a child, my parents took my brothers and me to Port-au-Prince during the summer so we could get to know the country of our ancestors. Because Haiti is an island, the beach is everywhere. Haitians are particular, even snobby, about beaches.

– Roxane Gay

Opal Tometi

Trump’s racism has clearly driven his policy decisions during his first year in office – from his Muslim ban and his despicable treatment of DREAMers to his ruthless ramp-up of immigration raids and the callous termination of protections for Haitians and Salvadorans who fled natural disaster and violence.

– Opal Tometi

Opal Tometi

The U.S.’ refusal to acknowledge the plight of displaced Haitians and maintaining inhumane practices of neglect, disrespect, and violence amounts to a gross violation of human rights.

– Opal Tometi

Opal Tometi

The U.S. has long characterized Haitian immigrants as criminals. This tradition began in 1963 when the first boat of Haitians seeking political asylum was summarily rejected by U.S. immigration officials, while at the same time the U.S. admitted thousands of Cubans as refugees and political asylees.

– Opal Tometi

Michel Martelly

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

Michel Martelly

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

Mark Foley

On February 7, 2.2 million Haitians went to the polls and exercised their constitutional right to select a leader. They went by foot, by tap tap and other forms of transportation, traveling hours and standing in line for almost a day to get to their polling places.

– Mark Foley

Madison Smartt Bell

The country is too often assumed to be a backward place: The First World has trouble remembering that Haitians were two centuries ahead of us in abolishing slavery and in extending full rights of citizenship to everyone, regardless of race.

– Madison Smartt Bell

Madison Smartt Bell

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

– Madison Smartt Bell

Kathryn Lasky

In our community here in Boston, we have had a tremendous influx of Russian Jews and Haitians. We call these people immigrants. But they come for the same reasons that William Bradford and William Brewster and John Carver came.

– Kathryn Lasky

Jovenel Moise

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

– Jovenel Moise

Jovenel Moise

We are all Haitians, and we will build one Haiti for all Haitians.

– Jovenel Moise

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