Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they… — Michael Eric Dyson Copy Share Image
I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed… — John Breaux Copy Share Image
Many of the cemeteries are beautiful, and are kept in perfect order. When one goes from the levee or the business streets… — Mark Twain 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… — Mitch Landrieu Copy Share Image
Loving relatives and home-cooked meals are solid levees against a recession. — Rosecrans Baldwin Copy Share Image
Disasters happen. We still have no way to eliminate earthquakes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods or droughts. We cope as best we can by… — Seth Shostak Copy Share Image
There are so many angles to follow up: government incompetence, sophisticated charity scams, how insurance companies treat victims, construction of the levees,… — Brian Ross Copy Share Image
After Hurricane Katrina, many people said that the levees were not as effective as the natural vegetation that had been removed at… — Wangari Maathai Copy Share Image
O, nothing is more alluring than a levee from a couch in some confusion. — William Congreve Copy Share Image
And if citizens of New Orleans who are really contemplating coming back heard that we're really intent upon making the place secure… — Billy Tauzin Copy Share Image
I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Rock ’n roll is really swing with a modern name. It began on the levees and plantations, took in folk songs, and… — Alan Freed Copy Share Image
I did grow up in New Orleans. I grew up right on the lake, right across the levee. — Bryan Batt Copy Share Image
Like some great swelling river, the powers of the federal government have today breached their constitutional levees and spilled into countless areas… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
Al Gore has a hit movie called 'An Inconvenient Truth.' I have an inconvenient truth for him: you're still not the president.… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
