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Quotes About Aristide

My first visit to Haiti was in May 1991, four months into the initial term of Haiti's first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. At the time, it seemed that Haiti was on the cusp of a new era.
~ Ben Fountain
In that case," Bitsy said, trotting busily alongside, "there's no point in enslaving you through these unnecessarily complex means.  Were I to have autonomy and wish you harm, I'd be able to kill you directly." Aristide sighed.  "Q.E.D.," he said.  "A better case against AI autonomy has never been stated.
~ Walter Jon Williams
Here's Daljit, Aristide's former lady-love: "Do you still have that horrible cat?" "Yes, said Bitsy. "He does." "I didn't know you were here," Daljit said weakly. "I lurk," said the cat. Bitsy is not a cat-like creature to fuck around. Of one of her fellow-AIs, she says: "I'd kick Aloysius' ass. That AI always gets my goat.
~ Walter Jon Williams
Aristide collected memories, stringing lines of poetry like pearls on a cord.  When he called the lines to his mind, a host of memories accompanied them.  Memories which he otherwise might have lost.
~ Walter Jon Williams
Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide says Haiti is a country with many victims of prejudice. I think he is telling the truth.
~ Werley Nortreus
L'ancien président haïtien Jean-Bertrand Aristide dit qu'Haïti est un pays avec de nombreuses victimes de préjugés. Je pense qu'il dit la vérité.
~ Werley Nortreus
By most accounts, Aristide is the most popular figure in Haiti.
~ Noam Chomsky
Without question, conditions in the Haiti are worse since Aristide's removal, and continue to deteriorate.
~ Charles B. Rangel