Ray Nagin Quotes

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• The reality is this city will not be the same for a while, ... We're not saying bring New Orleans back today.
• Excuse my French everybody in America, but I am pissed.
• If we're unified, there's nothing we cannot do.
• The people of our city are holding on by a thread. Time has run out. Can we survive another night? And who can we depend…
• Candor is the only way I know how to do it. I'm way too old to change. At the end of the day, I believe…
• You are in a position to create wealth not only for yourself but for your children and your children's children.
• We're out of nuclear crisis mode and into normal, day-to-day crisis mode.
• Basically, the start of my thinking process is: 'OK, if you didn't have to worry about re-election, what would you be doing?' That's kind of…
• When people are dying, bureaucracy should be thrown out of the water.
• I was among the people in the Superdome. I knew what was going on every minute. I did not have air conditioning nor shower facilities.…
• I always feel that in politics, you have a bridle on. Well, I took the bridle off. And I tell you, it felt pretty good.
• We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared.
• We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet.
• Get off your ass and get down here to fix the goddamn biggest disaster in the nation's history.
• Ladies and gentlemen, I wish I had better news for you but we are facing a storm that most of us have feared. This is…
• We're learning as we go. We're a lot smarter this time. We understand what it takes to mobilize away from the threat of a hurricane.
• You have drug addicts that are now walking around this city looking for a fix, and that's the reason why they were breaking in hospitals…

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