Quotes About Haiti

People think that there is a country there that these people are only around when they are on CNN. I don't think that's limited to Haiti.

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

Haiti kind of gets a hold of you.

Haiti is not an easy place to fight disease, even in the best of times. That was true even before a devastating earthquake ravaged Haiti's capital and largest city, Port-au-Prince, in 2010.

International aid as a means of development is a major failure, and not just in Haiti.

Haiti is back on the path to democracy.

There is no shortcut to the development of Haiti.

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

My son graduated high school and went to Haiti to work for his dad's organization and then extended his stay. It's incredible what he's doing.

I first went to Haiti in 1979. I've gone back every few years since.

They gave me six weeks to do a campaign, and I did all of Haiti in six weeks.

I've given myself 18 to 24 months for Haiti to have electricity 24 hours around the clock.

At Al Jazeera, the first story I did was to sit down with a former Haitian dictator, Jean-Claude Duvalier, and grill him about crimes against humanity. Al Jazeera is giving me the opportunity to tell important stories and stories that I want to tell.

I got quite annoyed after the Haiti earthquake. A baby was taken from the wreckage and people said it was a miracle. It would have been a miracle had God stopped the earthquake. More wonderful was that a load of evolved monkeys got together to save the life of a child that wasn't theirs.

The biggest public health challenge is rebuilding health systems. In other words, if you look at cholera or maternal mortality or tuberculosis in Haiti, they're major problems in Haiti, but the biggest problem is rebuilding systems.

Haiti is a proud nation, rich in heritage and spirituality. How they have been able to not only survive but thrive is a testament to how the Haitian people have come together to rebuild, create new families, and care for one another.

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

Thanks to the Betamax and Jason's diligent collection of tapes, she'd even been able to rerun the shows she'd missed while in Haiti. It was her job, she reasoned. And now she'd blown it!

Haiti is not a world aside, a world apart. Culture and imaginations have always been part of our rebirth.

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

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?

There was a brief moment, after Haiti's 2010 earthquake, when even Bill Clinton recognized what had been done to Haiti in the name of 'free trade': the destruction of local markets and rice production.

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

In the harrowing aftermath of Haiti's earthquake, one of the greatest needs became desperately clear: safe water.