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Marc Morial

(1958) Politician United States

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Marc Morial is a politician from the United States, best known for The Gumbo Coalition.

Quick Facts About Marc Morial

Born: January 3, 1958
Nationality: United States
Profession: Politician
Notable works: The Gumbo Coalition
Spouse: Michelle Miller

About Marc Morial

Marc Haydel Morial is an American political and civic leader and the current president of the National Urban League. Morial served as Mayor of New Orleans from 1994 to 2002 as the city's youngest Mayor, President of the United States Conference of Mayors in 2001, and as a Louisiana State Senator from 1992 to 1994.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Marc Morial

Money is not our primary aim. Changing the behavior and the practice of the gun industry is.

Aim

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Technology is permeating every single thing we do... And to the extent that we can better expose our young people to all…

Different

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We stand ready to work together, where possible, in helping rebuild not only homes and businesses, but most importantly, lives of those…

Business

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What would it take for you to acknowledge that race is an issue? Maybe you don't want to acknowledge that race is…

Acknowledge

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We must continue to have voting rights in the state, not to politicize this, but they must have a voice in the…

Community

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The mayor has got to work closely with a wide variety of people, his city council, state legislature, governor, business community, labor…

Able

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Because you basically won a close re-election, your first task is to unify the city. And it's done not with words but…

Action

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Because Katrina put it out there, no one can play the pretend game anymore that there isn't poverty and inequality in this…

Country

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We have to remember that Dr. King was not an idle dreamer. Dr. King was a man of action. If Dr. King…

Action

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Progress rarely comes as a result of being passive.

Growth

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This - the leadership of the mayor is crucial, because it is to the mayor that people will look to provide the…

Confidence

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A police officer wears a uniform. They're sworn to uphold the law. They're public servants. And they should not be above the…

Above the law

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Rosa Parks was the queen mother of a movement whose single act of heroism sparked the movement for freedom, justice and equality.…

Acts of heroism

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Poverty, the racial divide and social injustice do not impact only those who suffer most visibly. Alleviating poverty and injustice is a…

Abandon

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The Society of American Civil Engineers, someone who's going to come in and say to the public, we've looked at, we've examined,…

American

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A great American city is fighting for its life.

American

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We've lost our city. I fear it's potentially like Pompeii.

City

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We want the clear facts to be reported that we, according to the FBI, have a lower violent crime rate than Atlanta,…

Antonio

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For me, I have no political ego in this thing with respect to any other leader and what they might feel is…

Any

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