American - Politician | June 11, 1956 -
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.
Ray Nagin
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When people are dying, bureaucracy should be thrown out of the water.
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The reality of Katrina didn't really strike me until the first time I flew up in a helicopter and saw areas of the city that I had ridden my bicycle as a youth being fully flooded.
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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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I'll just tell you, I'm not a big FEMA fan.
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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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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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I need a break from politics, that's for sure. This is the hardest job in America.
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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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