#haiti

This election marks a significant moment in Haiti; it not only serves as the basis of hope along the road to democracy, but also serves as a testament to the resolve and character of the Haitian people during their long struggle for peace, reconciliation, and prosperity. ↗

— Kendrick Meek

#also #basis #character #democracy #during

Haiti looks like a bomb hit it. ↗

— Jim Fowler

#haiti #hit #like #looks

Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries. ↗

— Baldwin Spencer

#ago #around #blow #centuries #freedom

Anytime one tries to take fragments of one's personal mythology and make them understandable to the whole world, one reaches back to the past. It must be dreamed again. ↗

— Assotto Saint

#haitian-dyaspora #mythology #dreams

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

— Edwidge Danticat

#for example #haitian #independence #start #year

Also, people are not often aware of the way the United States' policies influence what happens in places like Haiti or El Salvador or Nicaragua. Or in Columbia right now. ↗

— Edwidge Danticat

#aware #columbia #el salvador #haiti #happens

We all would like to see a brighter future for Haiti, and I hope this conference will serve to explore many views. Respect for human rights, freedom, and the rule of law must be established in the poorest nation in our hemisphere. ↗

— Eliot Engel

#brighter future #conference #established #explore #freedom

At the same time, it is obvious that clinicians in Haiti are faced with different, and, in fact, greater, challenges when attempting to treat complications of HIV disease. ↗

— Paul Farmer

#challenges #complications #different #disease #faced

I wanted my new release 'Get Back Up' to benefit Haiti in their tragedy and I am blessed to use my music to help as your purchase becomes our gift. ↗

— TobyMac

#back #back up #becomes #benefit #blessed

But I think it's very key that there's a plan for Haiti. And we have to begin to - as progressives and people who are concerned about Haiti and have been concerned about Haiti, we have to begin to build some sort of consensus, a movement around the Haiti that the Haitians envision. ↗

— Danny Glover

#around #been #begin #build #concerned