Michele Montas quotes

“Haiti is extremely stratified socially with a number of large families controlling most of the economy, and import-export.”
-- Michele Montas

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“At the time Latin America was composed only of colonies. We were up against the biggest army of the colonial world, the Napoleonic army. Haiti was ostracized for almost a century. Surviving in that international context is in itself a feat.”
-- Michele Montas

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“For two hundred years Haiti has been swimming upstream. We were the first country in which independence was won by a group of slaves - black slaves. Across the water, the country that had just achieved independence - the U.S. - still practiced slavery.”
-- Michele Montas

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“Haiti is closer to anarchy than it is to anything else.”
-- Michele Montas

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“I would want to make Radio Haiti as independent as possible, which means it can't be strictly commercial.”
-- Michele Montas

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“With the first step, the number of shapes the walk might take is infinite, but then the walk begins to define itself as it goes along, though freedom remains total with each step: any tempting side road can be turned into an impulse, or any wild patch of woods can be explored. The pattern of the walk is to come true, is to be recognized, discovered.”

Source : A. R. Ammons (1996). “Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues”, Univ of Michigan Pr

“A number of current theoretical explorations will turn out to be passing fancies...”

Source : "Inward Bound : Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World" by Abraham Pais, (p. 45), 1988.

“A mathematician's reputation rests on the number of bad proofs he has given.”

“What happened to Haiti is a threat that could happen anywhere in the Caribbean to these island nations, you know, because of global warming, because of climate change and all this.”

“And the fact that Haiti was occupied for 19 years by the United States, from 1915 to 1934.”

“The future of Haiti must be linked to the respect of the rights of every single citizen.”

Source : "Uncut Interview with Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Upon His Historic Return to Haiti". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. March 22, 2011.

“We must consider bringing forward legislation that will facilitate the creation and implementation of businesses in Haiti. Overall, we must better position the country to compete for new market opportunities.”

“It is not by augmenting the capital of the country, but by rendering a greater part of that capital active and productive than would otherwise be so, that the most judicious operations of banking can increase the industry of the country.”

“I don't know where the stock market is going, but I will say this, that if it continues higher, this will do more to stimulate the economy than anything we've been talking about today or anything anybody else was talking about.”

“There is no resting place for an enterprise in a competitive economy.”

Source : Alfred P Sloan (2015). “My Years With General Motors”, p.15, eNet Press