Expectations that Haiti will pull itself up by its bootstraps are unrealistic. Haiti has neither the will nor the straps.


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The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.
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The impassive soul disturbs neither itself nor others.
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Haiti is the poorest country in the western hemisphere; some say the poorest in the world.
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None of us got where we are solely by pulling ourselves up by our bootstraps.
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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Truth is neither alive nor dead; it just aggravates itself all the time.
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