One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call us a gumbo. It's really important that we get focused on the very simple notion that… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
“It is an affront to our present, and it is a bad prescription for our future. History cannot be changed. It cannot be moved… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
Political corruption is endemic all over this country, in some places worse than others, right? On crime, you have all the major American cities… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
“I knew that taking down the monuments was going to be tough, but you elected me to do the right thing, not the easy… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
One of the things that's beautiful about New Orleans is how culturally rich we are and how well we have worked together. People call… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
“They were erected purposefully to send a strong message to all who walked in their shadows about who was still in charge in this… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
“These statues are not just stone and metal. They are not just innocent remembrances of a benign history. These monuments purposefully celebrate a fictional,… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
It's a common theme around the city of New Orleans; we're resilient people because we have to be. We love this place with all… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
You can't hide behind race any more. You can't hide behind class structure any more. You can't hide behind family. You need to produce. — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
The federal government was responsible for building the levees, engineering the levees, and consequentially, the federal government is responsible for repairing the damage that… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
The people of New Orleans have gotten to rock bottom. And the only way out in my mind is for them to really understand… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
“This is, however, about showing the whole world that we as a city and as a people are able to acknowledge, understand, reconcile and… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
Race in America is not a problem you can go over, or around or under. You've got to go through it. — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
“Instead of revering a four-year brief historical aberration that was called the Confederacy we can celebrate all 300 years of our rich, diverse history… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
