A Quote by Francois Duvalier

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

Francois Duvalier

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Francois Duvalier
Haitian - Politician
April 14, 1907 - April 21, 1971

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

Francois Duvalier

The power of Haitian heritage and the strength of the Haitian people is tremendous. And Haiti holds a unique and rich role in the history of African Americans.

Cheryl Mills

I would hate for people to generalize about every Haitian from something that one Haitian did, or a group of Haitians did.

Edwidge Danticat

We still have our people working in the cane fields in the Dominican Republic. People are still repatriated all the time from the Dominican Republic to Haiti. Some tell of being taken off buses because they looked Haitian, and their families have been in the Dominican Republic for generations. Haitian children born in the Dominican Republic still can't go to school and are forced to work in the sugarcane fields.

Edwidge Danticat

Without networks like the Black Immigration Network, organizations like Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees would not get the support and resources and amplification that their voices that they need and deserve.

Opal Tometi

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

Jean-Claude Duvalier

The dignity of the Haitian people has been trampled on.

Jovenel Moise

I feel a special connection to Haiti and the Haitian people.

Cheryl Mills

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

Zora Neale Hurston

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

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

The chief of the tribe is supposed to be the father of all people of the tribe. That is the Haitian way.

Francois Duvalier

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

I am the Haitian flag. He who is my enemy is the enemy of the fatherland.

Francois Duvalier

The voters who chose to cast their vote for another candidate, I want them to know that I respect their choice. I will be president for every Haitian.

Jovenel Moise

There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.

Sam Trammell

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