Political corruption is endemic all over this country, in some places worse than others, right? On crime, you have all the major American cities where the crime rates at different points in their histories, have spiked dramatically. — 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
