Nagin 5 Quotes

#1. 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 how I'm starting to think.

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#2. I don't think that any person can fix FEMA. I think FEMA needs a total restructuring. I think it needs to be taken from scratch and redone. The regulations are outdated; the rules are outdated.

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#3. 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.

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#4. I want to continue to stay plugged into New Orleans and help people who are still struggling with the recovery here, and then, if I can help around the country and around the world, absolutely, I'll be open to that.

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#5. 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 made decisions based upon facts and not what I thought was going to happen. So history will judge me based upon those actions.

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#6. You take dark chocolate, you mix it with white milk, and it becomes a delicious drink. That is the chocolate I am talking about.

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#7. It's time for us to come together. It's time for us to rebuild New Orleans - the one that should be a chocolate New Orleans. This city will be a majority African American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way. It wouldn't be New Orleans.

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#8. If it were my decision, I'd knock the Superdome down. If I couldn't knock it down, I'd just open the roof and gut the whole inside - totally modernize it. If you just dust it off and paint a little bit but don't reimage it, the legacy will be horrible.

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#9. 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 on? Only God knows.

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#10. This economic pie that is getting ready to explode before our eyes is going to be shared equally.

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#11. I'm a lifelong Democrat, but I have supported some Republicans. I'm all about results, man. If somebody can deliver, that's where I'm gonna go. It's about who can get the job done.

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#12. Excuse my French everybody in America, but I am pissed.

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#13. We are facing a storm that most of us have long feared.

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#14. You are in a position to create wealth not only for yourself but for your children and your children's children.

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#15. They're feeding the people a line of bull, and they are spinning and people are dying.

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#16. I'll just tell you, I'm not a big FEMA fan.

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#17. I think I did everything possible known to any mayor in the country as it relates to saving lives.

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#18. It's all right. You guys in New York City can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later, so let's be fair.

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#19. 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.

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#20. At the Superdome, a young man came up to me holding a baby. He'd run out of diapers. He'd run out of medicine. His baby was sick. The guy's saying, 'Help me! Take my baby.' What could I do? That's the definition of helpless.

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#21. The reality is this city will not be the same for a while, ... We're not saying bring New Orleans back today.

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#22. New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said that New Orleans, when rebuilt, will be a chocolate city. And he will be the delicious nut in the center.

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#23. If we're unified, there's nothing we cannot do.

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#24. I need a break from politics, that's for sure. This is the hardest job in America.

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#25. 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 a threat that we've never faced before.

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#26. When people are dying, bureaucracy should be thrown out of the water.

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#27. This city will be chocolate at the end of the day. This city will be a majority-African-American city. It's the way God wants it to be. You can't have New Orleans no other way.

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#28. I just tell you, I'm not a big FEMA fan.

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#29. The rise of the Earth's temperature, causing sea level increases that could add up to one foot over the next 30 years, threatens the very existence of New Orleans.

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#30. We could receive a storm surge of three to five feet.

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